4th Monologue

I have found another Shakespeare monologue, Romeo and Juliet.

Act 3 Scene 3 Page 2(Romeo complaining about his banishment)

'Tis torture, and not mercy: heaven is here,

Where Juliet lives; and every cat and dog

And little mouse, every unworthy thing,

Live here in heaven and may look on her;

But Romeo may not: more validity,

More honourable state, more courtship lives

In carrion-flies than Romeo: they my seize

On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand

And steal immortal blessing from her lips,

Who even in pure and vestal modesty,

Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin;

But Romeo may not; he is banished:

Flies may do this, but I from this must fly:

They are free men, but I am banished.

And say'st thou yet that exile is not death?

Hadst thou no poison mix'd, no sharp-ground knife,

No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean,

But 'banished' to kill me?.'banished'?

O friar, the damned use that word in hell;

Howlings attend it: how hast thou the heart,

Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,

A sin-absolver, and my friend profess'd,

To mangle me with that word 'banished'?

I like this monologue because in this moment, like Macbeth, Romeo is distressed and I really like that it is full of emotion that with rehearsal I feel like I could pull off. Also like the two other Shakespeare monologues it is a Shakespeare monologue that is more than ten lines and shouldn't last longer than two minutes. which fulfills both schools criteria. I prefer this monologue to the other Romeo monologue because although it is about his love for Juliet it is more about his frustration and heartache over their separation, which I strongly think I use my own experiences with heartache to create my own interpretation of this moment and bring my individuality to it.