Monologue

Tranio Monologue from The Taming of the Shrew

From The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

male · philosophical · 57 sec

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_Mi perdonato_, gentle master mine; I am in all affected as yourself; Glad that you thus continue your resolve To suck the sweets of sweet philosophy. Only, good master, while we do admire This virtue and this moral discipline, Let’s be no stoics nor no stocks, I pray; Or so devote to Aristotle’s checks As Ovid be an outcast quite abjur’d. Balk logic with acquaintance that you have, And practise rhetoric in your common talk; Music and poesy use to quicken you; The mathematics and the metaphysics, Fall to them as you find your stomach serves you: No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

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Tranio, serving as a witty and insightful character, encourages his master to embrace the joys of learning and philosophy without becoming overly rigid or dogmatic.

20s · anticipation · philosophy · education · self-discovery · pleasure

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