Monologue

Eudemus Monologue from Sejanus His Fall

From Sejanus His Fall by Ben Jonson

male · dramatic · 52 sec

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Yes, and wisely, lady. The ages that succeed, and stand far off To gaze at your high prudence, shall admire, And reckon it an act without your sex: It hath that rare appearance. Some will think Your fortune could not yield a deeper sound, Than mix’d with Drusus; but, when they shall hear That, and the thunder of Sejanus meet, Sejanus, whose high name doth strike the stars, And rings about the concave; great Sejanus, Whose glories, style, and titles are himself, The often iterating of Sejanus: They then will lose their thoughts, and be ashamed To take acquaintance of them.

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Eudemus reflects on the remarkable nature of a woman's prudence in a male-dominated society, contrasting it with the powerful presence of Sejanus, suggesting a complex interplay of admiration and fear.

30s · anticipation · power · ambition · identity · fate

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