Monologue

Nurse Monologue from Medea

From Medea by Euripides

female · anguished · 1:04 min

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For pity! What have they to do, Babes, with their father's sin? Why call Thy curse on these? . . . Ah, children, all These days my bosom bleeds for you. Rude are the wills of princes: yea, Prevailing alway, seldom crossed, On fitful winds their moods are tossed: 'Tis best men tread the equal way. Aye, not with glory but with peace May the long summers find me crowned: For gentleness--her very sound Is magic, and her usages. All wholesome: but the fiercely great Hath little music on his road, And falleth, when the hand of God Shall move, most deep and desolate. [During the last words the LEADER of the Chorus has entered. Other women follow her.

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The Nurse expresses deep sorrow for the innocent children affected by their father's actions, reflecting on the harshness of power and the pain of familial betrayal.

30s · sadness · family · betrayal · power · innocence

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