8 Strong Female Monologues from Shakespeare
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8 Strong Female Monologues from Shakespeare
1. Antony and Cleopatra
Character: CLEOPATRA
Location: Act IV, sc. 15
Genre: Drama
First line: No more, but e’en a woman, and commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks And does the meanest chares.
2. Antony and Cleopatra
Character: CLEOPATRA
Location: Act V, sc. 11
Genre: Drama
First line: Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me:
3. Hamlet
Character: OPHELIA
Location: Act III, sc. 1
Genre: Drama
First line: O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!
4. Julius Caesar
Character: PORTIA
Location: Act II, sc. 1
Genre: Tragedy
First Line: Nor for yours neither. You’ve ungently, Brutus, Stole from my bed:
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5. King Lear
Character: CORDELIA
Location: Act I, sc. 1
Genre: Tragedy
First Line: Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth:
6. Romeo and Juliet
Character: JULIET
Location: Act III, sc. 2
Genre: Tragedy
First Line: O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
7. Othello
Character: DESDEMONA
Location: Act I, sc. 3
Genre: Tragedy
First Line: That I did love the Moor to live with him, My downright violence and storm of fortunes May trumpet to the world:
8. Othello
Character: DESDEMONA
Location: Act III, sc. 3
Genre: Tragedy
First Line: Why, then, to-morrow night; or Tuesday morn;
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