Monologue

Mycetes Monologue from Tamburlaine

From Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe

male · defiant · 57 sec

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Come, my Meander, let us to this gear. I tell you true, my heart is swoln with wrath On this same thievish villain Tamburlaine, And of that false Cosroe, my traitorous brother. Would it not grieve a king to be so abus'd, And have a thousand horsemen ta'en away? And, which is worse, to have his diadem Sought for by such scald knaves as love him not? I think it would: well, then, by heavens I swear, Aurora shall not peep out of her doors, But I will have Cosroe by the head, And kill proud Tamburlaine with point of sword. Tell you the rest, Meander: I have said.

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Mycetes expresses his deep anger and frustration over the betrayal by his brother Cosroe and the threat posed by Tamburlaine, vowing to take violent action against them.

30s · anger · revenge · betrayal · power · family

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