Monologue

York Monologue from Henry VI

From Henry VI by William Shakespeare

male · defiant · 1:03 min

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(Aside.) Scarce can I speak, my choler is so great. O, I could hew up rocks and fight with flint, I am so angry at these abject terms; And now, like Ajax Telamonius, On sheep or oxen could I spend my fury. I am far better born than is the King, More like a king, more kingly in my thoughts. But I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak and I more strong.— Buckingham, I prithee, pardon me, That I have given no answer all this while; My mind was troubled with deep melancholy. The cause why I have brought this army hither Is to remove proud Somerset from the King, Seditious to his grace and to the state.

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York expresses his intense anger and frustration over the political situation, revealing his ambition to challenge the King and remove a rival from power.

30s · anger · power · ambition · betrayal · identity

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