Monologue

King John Monologue

From King John by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 56 sec

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O, when the last account ’twixt heaven and earth Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal Witness against us to damnation! How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done! Hadst not thou been by, A fellow by the hand of nature mark’d, Quoted and sign’d to do a deed of shame, This murder had not come into my mind. But taking note of thy abhorr’d aspect, Finding thee fit for bloody villainy, Apt, liable to be employ’d in danger, I faintly broke with thee of Arthur’s death; And thou, to be endeared to a king, Made it no conscience to destroy a prince.

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King John grapples with the moral implications of his actions and the consequences of betrayal, reflecting on the nature of guilt and the potential for damnation.

40s · fear · betrayal · death · power · guilt

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