Edmund
from King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Monologue Text
Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law
My services are bound. Wherefore should I
Stand in the plague of custom, and permit
The curiosity of nations to deprive me,
For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines
Lag of a brother? Why bastard? wherefore base?
When my dimensions…
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Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
Public Domain
Author(s)
Character Name
Edmund
Source Title
King Lear
Source Type
Act / Scene
ACT II, scene ii
Setting
The Earl of Gloucester's castle
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
UNPUBLISHED WORK
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
ELIZABETHAN
Monologue Type
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
TEEN
20s - EARLY
20s - LATE
30s - EARLY
Race / Ethnicity
INDIAN
CHINESE
JAPANESE
KOREAN
AFRICAN
CAUCASIAN
NATIVE AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER
FILIPINO
CHICANO
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
STANDARD AMERICAN
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