Monologue

Shylock Monologue from The Merchant of Venice

From The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:07 min

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Why there, there, there, there! A diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort! The curse never fell upon our nation till now, I never felt it till now. Two thousand ducats in that, and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear; would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin. No news of them? Why so? And I know not what’s spent in the search. Why, thou—loss upon loss! The thief gone with so much, and so much to find the thief, and no satisfaction, no revenge, nor no ill luck stirring but what lights o’ my shoulders, no sighs but o’ my breathing, no tears but o’ my shedding.

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Shylock laments the loss of his daughter and his wealth, expressing deep sorrow and frustration over the theft of his possessions, revealing his emotional turmoil and desire for revenge.

40s · despair · loss · betrayal · family · revenge

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