Monologue

Mercutio Monologue from Romeo and Juliet

From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

male · dramatic · 1:04 min

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Nay, I’ll conjure too. Romeo! Humours! Madman! Passion! Lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh, Speak but one rhyme, and I am satisfied; Cry but ‘Ah me!’ Pronounce but Love and dove; Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word, One nickname for her purblind son and heir, Young Abraham Cupid, he that shot so trim When King Cophetua lov’d the beggar-maid. He heareth not, he stirreth not, he moveth not; The ape is dead, and I must conjure him. I conjure thee by Rosaline’s bright eyes, By her high forehead and her scarlet lip, By her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh, And the demesnes that there adjacent lie, That in thy likeness thou appear to us.

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Mercutio attempts to summon the spirit of Romeo, expressing his deep longing for love and the playful yet tragic nature of their romantic pursuits amidst the backdrop of unrequited affection.

20s · longing · love · madness · identity · desire

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