Monologue

King Monologue from All's Well That Ends Well

From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 53 sec

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Thou speak’st it falsely, as I love mine honour, And mak’st conjectural fears to come into me Which I would fain shut out. If it should prove That thou art so inhuman,—’twill not prove so: And yet I know not, thou didst hate her deadly. And she is dead; which nothing but to close Her eyes myself, could win me to believe More than to see this ring. Take him away. (Guards seize Bertram.) My fore-past proofs, howe’er the matter fall, Shall tax my fears of little vanity, Having vainly fear’d too little. Away with him. We’ll sift this matter further.

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The King grapples with the betrayal and potential inhumanity of another character, expressing his deep emotional turmoil over a loved one's death and the implications of trust and honor.

40s · anger · honor · betrayal · death · fear

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