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Richard Monologue from Richard III

From Richard III by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 1:16 min

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I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl. The secret mischiefs that I set abroach I lay unto the grievous charge of others. Clarence, whom I indeed have cast in darkness, I do beweep to many simple gulls, Namely, to Derby, Hastings, Buckingham; And tell them ’tis the Queen and her allies That stir the King against the Duke my brother. Now they believe it, and withal whet me To be revenged on Rivers, Dorset, Grey. But then I sigh, and, with a piece of Scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil; And thus I clothe my naked villany With odd old ends stol’n forth of Holy Writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil. Enter two Murderers. But soft, here come my executioners. How now, my hardy, stout, resolved mates; Are you now going to dispatch this thing?

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Richard reflects on his manipulative schemes and the deceitful tactics he employs to frame others while preparing for the murder of his enemies.

30s · anger · betrayal · revenge · power · deception

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