Monologue

King Monologue from All's Well That Ends Well

From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

male · inspirational · 1:13 min

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Let us from point to point this story know, To make the even truth in pleasure flow. (To Diana.) If thou beest yet a fresh uncropped flower, Choose thou thy husband, and I’ll pay thy dower; For I can guess that by thy honest aid, Thou kept’st a wife herself, thyself a maid. Of that and all the progress more and less, Resolvedly more leisure shall express. All yet seems well, and if it end so meet, The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. (Flourish.) (EPILOGUE) The king’s a beggar, now the play is done; All is well ended if this suit be won, That you express content; which we will pay With strife to please you, day exceeding day. Ours be your patience then, and yours our parts; Your gentle hands lend us, and take our hearts. (Exeunt omnes.)

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The King reflects on the events of the play, expressing hope for a positive resolution and encouraging the audience to embrace the outcome with patience and goodwill.

40s · hope · love · redemption · identity

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