Much Ado About Nothing Female Monologues
This is a collection of some of the best female monologues from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. One of his most beloved comedies, Much Ado is full of characters who seemingly have little...
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Rosalind Monologue (Act 3, Scene 5)
Let’s take a look at one of Rosalind’s monologues from As You Like It. Rosalind is a great character to explore and only gets more fun throughout the play as she takes full flight. Rosalind...
Shakespeare Comedy Monologues
Shakespeare was one funny guy. While today he is arguably more well known for his epic histories and tragedies such as Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear, he was one of the few writers of his...
Sonnet 3
The third of all of Shakespeare’s sonnets and the third in the Fair Youth phase. In this sonnet, we have the Poet saying to the Fair Youth that they should have a child in an...
Titus Andronicus Monologues
Titus Andronicus is one of the more controversial Shakespeare plays. Written early in his career, and with all the gruesome flair you might expect of a young Quentin Tarantino, the play divides audiences with its...
All’s Well That Ends Well Monologues
All’s Well That Ends Well is not one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays. In fact, it’s one of his plays that is very rarely performed. It is also not a widely loved play: it currently...
Sonnet 106
In this sonnet, we see the poet directly referencing their own poetry, a theme we encounter many times throughout the sonnets. This is quite a sweet sonnet, we hear the poet essentially say to the...
The Tempest Monologues
The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s most well-loved plays. We thought it was about time we collated a list of the strongest and most compelling monologues from The Tempest for actors, teachers and theatre-lovers to...
Marc Antony Monologue: Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 2
Nobody likes public speaking, right? It’s up there in the top 3 phobias world-wide. Well imagine what Marc Antony must be feeling during this public address, stepping up to the plinth to face a rabble...
Sonnet 19
In this sonnet in the fair youth phase we have an argument that is very clear and straightforward, but has some incredible imagery. The poet is making a plea to our character ‘Time’ to keep...