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| Character | Sebastian???? | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Depressed, Lamenting, Frustrated, Insecure, Afraid | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1615 | |
| Period | 17th Century | |
| Genre | Tragedy, Drama | |
| Description | Sebastian approaches a group of witches to get revenge on her lover Isabella | |
| Location | ACT I, Scene 2 | |
Summary
The story takes place in Urbino, Italy. Sebastian, who has been absent from the city for a few years to fight in a war in northern Italy, comes back to the city only to find that his fiance´ Isabella has just married a nobleman, Antonio. He is determined to do anything to get her back, even approach a group of witches and ask for help. In this monologue he laments his grief over losing Isabella and then urges the witches to help him deal with his problems.
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| SEBASTIAN [Aside] Heaven knows with what unwillingness and hate I enter this damn'd place. But such extremes Of wrongs in love fight 'gainst religious knowledge, That were I led by this disease to deaths As numberless as creatures that must die, I could not shun the way. I know what 'tis To pity madmen now; they're wretched things That ever were created, if they be Of woman's making and her faithless vows. I fear they're now a-kissing. What's a'clock? 'Tis now but suppertime, but night will come, And all new-married couples make short suppers.-- Whate'er thou art, I have no spare time to fear thee; My horrors are so strong and great already That thou seem'st nothing. Up and laze not; Hadst thou my business, thou couldst ne'er sit so: 'Twould firk thee into air a thousand mile Beyond thy ointments. I would I were read So much in thy black power [as] mine own griefs. I'm in great need of help: wilt give me any? |
