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Valeria Monologue from Coriolanus

From Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

female · joyful · 1:06 min

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O’ my word, the father’s son! I’ll swear ’tis a very pretty boy. O’ my troth, I looked upon him o’ Wednesday half an hour together. H’as such a confirmed countenance. I saw him run after a gilded butterfly, and when he caught it, he let it go again, and after it again, and over and over he comes, and up again, catched it again. Or whether his fall enraged him or how ’twas, he did so set his teeth and tear it. O, I warrant how he mammocked it! (VOLUMNIA: One on’s father’s moods.) Indeed, la, ’tis a noble child. (VIRGILIA: A crack, madam.) Come, lay aside your stitchery. I must have you play the idle huswife with me this afternoon.

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Valeria expresses delight and admiration for a young boy's playful nature, reflecting on his innocence and charm as he chases a butterfly.

20s · joy · family · innocence · childhood · nature

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