Monologue

Pericles Monologue

From Pericles by William Shakespeare

male · dramatic · 1:16 min

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O Helicanus, strike me, honour’d sir; Give me a gash, put me to present pain; Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me O’erbear the shores of my mortality, And drown me with their sweetness. (To Marina) O, come hither, Thou that beget’st him that did thee beget; Thou that wast born at sea, buried at Tarsus, And found at sea again! O Helicanus, Down on thy knees, thank the holy gods as loud As thunder threatens us: this is Marina. What was thy mother’s name? tell me but that, For truth can never be confirm’d enough, Though doubts did ever sleep. (MARINA: First, sir, I pray, what is your title?) I am Pericles of Tyre: but tell me now My drown’d queen’s name, as in the rest you said Thou hast been godlike perfect, The heir of kingdoms and another life To Pericles thy father.

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Pericles expresses overwhelming joy and gratitude upon the reunion with his daughter Marina, reflecting on the trials of his past and the divine intervention that brought them together.

40s · joy · family · identity · redemption · fate

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