Monologue

Polixenes Monologue from The Winter's Tale

From The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

male · contemplative · 1:04 min

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O, father, you’ll know more of that hereafter. (To Camillo.) Is it not too far gone? ’Tis time to part them. He’s simple and tells much. (To Florizel.) How now, fair shepherd! Your heart is full of something that does take Your mind from feasting. Sooth, when I was young And handed love, as you do, I was wont To load my she with knacks: I would have ransack’d The pedlar’s silken treasury and have pour’d it To her acceptance. You have let him go, And nothing marted with him. If your lass Interpretation should abuse, and call this Your lack of love or bounty, you were straited For a reply, at least if you make a care Of happy holding her.

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Polixenes reflects on love and the complexities of relationships, expressing concern for a shepherd's feelings and the implications of his actions.

20s · longing · love · identity · family · jealousy

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