Monologue

Regan Monologue from King Lear

From King Lear by William Shakespeare

female · dark · 1:26 min

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Why should she write to Edmund? Might not you Transport her purposes by word? Belike, Somethings, I know not what, I’ll love thee much. Let me unseal the letter. (OSWALD: Madam, I had rather—) I know your lady does not love her husband; I am sure of that; and at her late being here She gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks To noble Edmund. I know you are of her bosom. (OSWALD: I, madam?) I speak in understanding; y’are, I know’t: Therefore I do advise you take this note: My lord is dead; Edmund and I have talk’d, And more convenient is he for my hand Than for your lady’s. You may gather more. If you do find him, pray you give him this; And when your mistress hears thus much from you, I pray desire her call her wisdom to her. So, fare you well. If you do chance to hear of that blind traitor, Preferment falls on him that cuts him off.

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Regan reveals her manipulative intentions regarding her deceased father and her ambitions with Edmund, showcasing the treachery and power struggles within the royal family.

30s · betrayal · power · ambition · death

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