Monologue

Launcelet Monologue from The Merchant of Venice

From The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

male · comedic · 1:07 min

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Father, in. I cannot get a service, no! I have ne’er a tongue in my head! (Looking on his palm.) Well, if any man in Italy have a fairer table which doth offer to swear upon a book, I shall have good fortune; go to, here’s a simple line of life. Here’s a small trifle of wives, alas, fifteen wives is nothing; eleven widows and nine maids is a simple coming-in for one man. And then to scape drowning thrice, and to be in peril of my life with the edge of a feather-bed; here are simple ’scapes. Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench for this gear. Father, come; I’ll take my leave of the Jew in the twinkling. (Exeunt Launcelet and Old Gobbo.)

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Launcelet expresses his frustrations and humorous observations about his life and circumstances, reflecting on his lack of fortune and the absurdity of his situation.

20s · confusion · fate · identity · family · humor

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