Monologue

Jocasta Monologue from Antigone

From Antigone by Sophocles

female · anguished · 1:02 min

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My lords, ye look amazed to see your queen With wreaths and gifts of incense in her hands. I had a mind to visit the high shrines, For Oedipus is overwrought, alarmed With terrors manifold. He will not use His past experience, like a man of sense, To judge the present need, but lends an ear To any croaker if he augurs ill. Since then my counsels naught avail, I turn To thee, our present help in time of trouble, Apollo, Lord Lycean, and to thee My prayers and supplications here I bring. Lighten us, lord, and cleanse us from this curse! For now we all are cowed like mariners Who see their helmsman dumbstruck in the storm. (Enter Corinthian MESSENGER.)

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Jocasta, the queen, is expressing her concern for Oedipus's mental state as he is overwhelmed by fear and despair, seeking divine intervention to alleviate the collective anxiety of the kingdom.

40s · fear · fate · family · power · despair

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