Monologue

Sub Monologue from The Alchemist

From The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

male · comedic · 53 sec

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Must you! ay, if your fortune will, you must.-- Come, sir, the captain will come to us presently: I'll have you to my chamber of demonstrations, Where I will shew you both the grammar and logic, And rhetoric of quarrelling; my whole method Drawn out in tables; and my instrument, That hath the several scales upon't, shall make you Able to quarrel at a straw's-breadth by moon-light. And, lady, I'll have you look in a glass, Some half an hour, but to clear your eye-sight, Against you see your fortune; which is greater, Than I may judge upon the sudden, trust me.

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Sub is preparing to demonstrate his skills in quarrelling to a visitor, showcasing both confidence and a playful attitude towards the art of argument.

20s · anticipation · fate · identity · power · ambition

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