Monologue

Octavia Monologue from All for Love

From All for Love by John Dryden

female · anguished · 1:05 min

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Yes, I will go; but never to return. You shall no more be haunted with this Fury. My lord, my lord, love will not always last, When urged with long unkindness and disdain: Take her again, whom you prefer to me; She stays but to be called. Poor cozened man! Let a feigned parting give her back your heart, Which a feigned love first got; for injured me, Though my just sense of wrongs forbid my stay, My duty shall be yours. To the dear pledges of our former love My tenderness and care shall be transferred, And they shall cheer, by turns, my widowed nights: So, take my last farewell; for I despair To have you whole, and scorn to take you half. (Exit.)

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Octavia expresses her deep sorrow and resignation as she prepares to leave her lover, acknowledging the pain of unreciprocated love and the emotional toll of their relationship.

30s · despair · love · betrayal · loss · duty

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