Monologue

Hermione Monologue from The Winter's Tale

From The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

female · contemplative · 1:11 min

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He’ll stay, my lord. (LEONTES: At my request he would not. Hermione, my dearest, thou never spok’st To better purpose.) Never? (LEONTES: Never but once.) What! have I twice said well? when was’t before? I prithee tell me. Cram ’s with praise, and make ’s As fat as tame things: one good deed dying tongueless Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Our praises are our wages. You may ride ’s With one soft kiss a thousand furlongs ere With spur we heat an acre. But to th’ goal: My last good deed was to entreat his stay. What was my first? It has an elder sister, Or I mistake you: O, would her name were Grace! But once before I spoke to the purpose—when? Nay, let me have’t; I long.

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Hermione reflects on her past actions and the nature of praise, expressing a deep yearning for understanding and connection amidst her current plight.

30s · longing · identity · power · redemption · family

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