Monologue

Oliver Monologue from As You Like It

From As You Like It by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:14 min

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By and by. When from the first to last betwixt us two Tears our recountments had most kindly bathed— As how I came into that desert place— In brief, he led me to the gentle Duke, Who gave me fresh array and entertainment, Committing me unto my brother’s love, Who led me instantly unto his cave, There stripped himself, and here upon his arm The lioness had torn some flesh away, Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, And cried in fainting upon Rosalind. Brief, I recovered him, bound up his wound, And after some small space, being strong at heart, He sent me hither, stranger as I am, To tell this story, that you might excuse His broken promise, and to give this napkin, Dyed in his blood, unto the shepherd youth That he in sport doth call his Rosalind. (Rosalind faints.)

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Oliver recounts a harrowing experience involving his brother and a near-fatal encounter, expressing a mix of sorrow and hope as he seeks to convey a message and a token of love.

20s · sadness · family · betrayal · love · redemption

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