Monologue

Queen Margaret Monologue from Henry VI

From Henry VI by William Shakespeare

female · defiant · 54 sec

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Not all these lords do vex me half so much As that proud dame, the Lord Protector’s wife. She sweeps it through the court with troops of ladies, More like an empress than Duke Humphrey’s wife. Strangers in court do take her for the Queen. She bears a duke’s revenues on her back, And in her heart she scorns our poverty. Shall I not live to be avenged on her? Contemptuous base-born callet as she is, She vaunted ’mongst her minions t’ other day The very train of her worst wearing gown Was better worth than all my father’s lands Till Suffolk gave two dukedoms for his daughter.

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Queen Margaret expresses her frustration and jealousy towards the Lord Protector's wife, feeling overshadowed and humiliated by her status and demeanor in the court.

40s · anger · jealousy · power · revenge · identity

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