Monologue

Robert Monologue from King John

From King John by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:09 min

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And once dispatch’d him in an embassy To Germany, there with the emperor To treat of high affairs touching that time. Th’ advantage of his absence took the King And in the meantime sojourn’d at my father’s; Where how he did prevail I shame to speak; But truth is truth: large lengths of seas and shores Between my father and my mother lay, As I have heard my father speak himself, When this same lusty gentleman was got. Upon his death-bed he by will bequeath’d His lands to me, and took it, on his death That this my mother’s son was none of his; And if he were, he came into the world Full fourteen weeks before the course of time. Then, good my liege, let me have what is mine, My father’s land, as was my father’s will.

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Robert reflects on his father's legacy and the betrayal he feels regarding his inheritance, revealing a deep emotional conflict over his identity and rightful claim to his father's land.

20s · longing · identity · family · betrayal · power

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