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| Character | Gloucester | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Angry, Scolding, Flips out, Descriptive, Complaining | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Description | Gloucester accuses Winchester of being a traitor | |
| Location | ACT III, Scene 1 | |
Summary
Gloucester, the Protector of the English Realm, has a dispute with Winchester, the Head of the English Church who accuses him of plotting to take over the kingdom. They fight in several occasions and in this scene they are in the presence of the new king Henry VI.
Gloucester tries to put up a bill but Winchester grabs it and tears it. Winchester argues that Gloucester can't talk extemporaneously and needs to "written pamphlets".
In this monologue Gloucester accuses Winchester of having tried to kill him in several occasions, of being a treacherous "pernicious usurer" whose malice threatens even the king.
Gloucester tries to put up a bill but Winchester grabs it and tears it. Winchester argues that Gloucester can't talk extemporaneously and needs to "written pamphlets".
In this monologue Gloucester accuses Winchester of having tried to kill him in several occasions, of being a treacherous "pernicious usurer" whose malice threatens even the king.
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| GLOUCESTER Presumptuous priest! this place commands my patience, Or thou shouldst find thou hast dishonour'd me. Think not, although in writing I preferr'd The manner of thy vile outrageous crimes, That therefore I have forged, or am not able Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen: No, prelate; such is thy audacious wickedness, Thy lewd, pestiferous and dissentious pranks, As very infants prattle of thy pride. Thou art a most pernicious usurer, Forward by nature, enemy to peace; Lascivious, wanton, more than well beseems A man of thy profession and degree; And for thy treachery, what's more manifest? In that thou laid'st a trap to take my life, As well at London bridge as at the Tower. Beside, I fear me, if thy thoughts were sifted, The king, thy sovereign, is not quite exempt From envious malice of thy swelling heart. |
