Monologue

Philo Monologue from Antony and Cleopatra

From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 1:00 min

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Nay, but this dotage of our general’s O’erflows the measure. Those his goodly eyes, That o’er the files and musters of the war Have glowed like plated Mars, now bend, now turn The office and devotion of their view Upon a tawny front. His captain’s heart, Which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst The buckles on his breast, reneges all temper And is become the bellows and the fan To cool a gipsy’s lust. Flourish. Enter Antony and Cleopatra, her Ladies, the Train, with Eunuchs fanning her. Look where they come: Take but good note, and you shall see in him The triple pillar of the world transform’d Into a strumpet’s fool. Behold and see.

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Philo expresses disdain for Antony's transformation from a powerful general to a lovesick fool, highlighting the conflict between duty and desire as Cleopatra enters with her entourage.

30s · disgust · betrayal · power · identity · desire

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