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Electra Monologue

From Electra by Euripides

female · anguished · 59 sec

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'Twas ill done; but still-- Go, since so poor thou art, to that old friend Who reared my father. At the realm's last end He dwells, where Tanaos river foams between Argos and Sparta. Long time hath he been An exile 'mid his flocks. Tell him what thing Hath chanced on me, and bid him haste and bring Meat for the strangers' tending.--Glad, I trow, That old man's heart will be, and many a vow Will lift to God, to learn the child he stole From death, yet breathes.--I will not ask a dole From home; how should my mother help me? Nay, I pity him that seeks that door, to say Orestes liveth!

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Electra expresses her deep sorrow and longing for her brother Orestes, while contemplating the fate that has befallen her family and the isolation she feels in her current situation.

20s · longing · family · betrayal · death · isolation

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