Monologue

Pandulph Monologue from King John

From King John by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 58 sec

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How green you are and fresh in this old world! John lays you plots; the times conspire with you; For he that steeps his safety in true blood Shall find but bloody safety and untrue. This act so evilly borne shall cool the hearts Of all his people, and freeze up their zeal, That none so small advantage shall step forth To check his reign, but they will cherish it; No natural exhalation in the sky, No scope of nature, no distemper’d day, No common wind, no customed event, But they will pluck away his natural cause And call them meteors, prodigies, and signs, Abortives, presages, and tongues of heaven, Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John.

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Pandulph expresses his outrage and foreboding regarding King John's actions, predicting dire consequences for his reign and the people's reaction to his betrayal.

40s · anger · power · betrayal · fate · revenge

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