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  • A Monologue from the play "Henry VI Part 2" by William Shakespeare
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CharacterQueen Margaret
GenderFemale
Age Range(s)Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50)
Type of monologue / Character isComplaining
TypeDramatic
PeriodRenaissance
GenreHistorical, Drama
PropsPapers
DescriptionQueen Margaret expresses her disappointment about King Henry to Suffolk
LocationACT I, Scene 3

Summary

The war between England and France is now over. King Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou who had been taken prisoner by Suffolk in France in "Henry VI Part 1".

Suffolk had schemed to control the king of England by having him marry Margaret. In this scene, Suffolk and Margaret are confronted by a group of petitioners who were looking to address Gloucester who they believe he can help them. Margaret is disappointed by the fact that all petitions are addressed to Gloucester and rips their papers and sends them away.

She then addresses Suffolk and complains that King Henry depends on Gloucester to reign. She was expecting King Henry to similar to Suffolk in his charm and character but she complains that he is a weak person and is only interested in his religious life.

Written by Administrator

Excerpt
QUEEN MARGARET
And as for you, that love to be protected
Under the wings of our protector's grace,
Begin your suits anew, and sue to him.

[Tears the supplication]

Away, base cullions! Suffolk, let them go.

ALL
Come, let's be gone.

[Exeunt]

QUEEN MARGARET
My Lord of Suffolk, say, is this the guise,
Is this the fashion in the court of England?
Is this the government of Britain's isle,
And this the royalty of Albion's king?
What shall King Henry be a pupil still
Under the surly Gloucester's governance?
Am I a queen in title and in style,
And must be made a subject to a duke?
I tell thee, Pole, when in the city Tours
Thou ran'st a tilt in honour of my love
And stolest away the ladies' hearts of France,
I thought King Henry had resembled thee
In courage, courtship and proportion:
But all his mind is bent to holiness,
To number Ave-Maries on his beads;
His champions are the prophets and apostles,
His weapons holy saws of sacred writ,
His study is his tilt-yard, and his loves
Are brazen images of canonized saints.
I would the college of the cardinals
Would choose him pope, and carry him to Rome,
And set the triple crown upon his head:
That were a state fit for his holiness.

Comments

Administrator

A good way to perform the monologue would be to have actors play the petitioners and Suffolk. Margaret starts the monologue by taking the petition papers from them and tearing the papers. Then she addresses Suffolk and expresses all her disappointments about King Henry.

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