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| Character | Salisbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Description | Salisbury demands that Suffolk be killed or banished | |
| Location | ACT III, Scene 2 | |
Summary
The Duke of Gloucester, the Protector of England, has just been killed in his jail cell by two murderers hired by Suffolk, a lord, with the support of other noblemen and Cardinal Beaufort. He was put in jail because he was accused of treason. They all wanted to get rid of him to gain more power.
They are getting ready for Gloucester's trial but Suffolk enters the room and informs the king that Gloucester is dead. The king faints and when he regains consciousness he accuses Suffolk for being responsible for Gloucester's death.
Queen Margaret defends Suffolk and expresses her concern that everybody will think she was somehow involved in the murder.
Warwick and Salisbury, two lords, enter with a crowd of commoners. Warwick accuses Suffolk and they argue and fight. The commoners, however, support Warwick and want Suffolk dead or banished from England. They send Salisbury to talk to King Henry and demand to have him executed or banished.
They are getting ready for Gloucester's trial but Suffolk enters the room and informs the king that Gloucester is dead. The king faints and when he regains consciousness he accuses Suffolk for being responsible for Gloucester's death.
Queen Margaret defends Suffolk and expresses her concern that everybody will think she was somehow involved in the murder.
Warwick and Salisbury, two lords, enter with a crowd of commoners. Warwick accuses Suffolk and they argue and fight. The commoners, however, support Warwick and want Suffolk dead or banished from England. They send Salisbury to talk to King Henry and demand to have him executed or banished.
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| SALISBURY [To the Commons, entering] Sirs, stand apart; the king shall know your mind. Dread lord, the commons send you word by me, Unless Lord Suffolk straight be done to death, Or banished fair England's territories, They will by violence tear him from your palace And torture him with grievous lingering death. They say, by him the good Duke Humphrey died; They say, in him they fear your highness' death; And mere instinct of love and loyalty, Free from a stubborn opposite intent, As being thought to contradict your liking, Makes them thus forward in his banishment. They say, in care of your most royal person, That if your highness should intend to sleep And charge that no man should disturb your rest In pain of your dislike or pain of death, Yet, notwithstanding such a strait edict, Were there a serpent seen, with forked tongue, That slily glided towards your majesty, It were but necessary you were waked, Lest, being suffer'd in that harmful slumber, The mortal worm might make the sleep eternal; And therefore do they cry, though you forbid, That they will guard you, whether you will or no, From such fell serpents as false Suffolk is, With whose envenomed and fatal sting, Your loving uncle, twenty times his worth, They say, is shamefully bereft of life. |
Comments
This is good monologue for a beginner. There is no emotion, basically Salisbury reports the commoners' demands.
