Shakespeare Passage about Revenge
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Title
Shakespeare Passage about Revenge
Description
Revenge, described in the first person as a physical being, is coming to ease the character's troubled mind. Revenge is an evil force that initially may be welcomed by the mind of a person who experienced betrayal or other wrongdoing, but the vengeful person has a choice whether to accept the influences of this dangerous mental state.
Creator
William Shakespeare
Source
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Edited by Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, 1989.
Publisher
Date
1594
Contributor
Sarah Sorme
Relation
Oroonoko
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Play
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Text
TAMORA
Know, thou sad man, I am not Tamora.
She is thy enemy, and I thy friend.
I am Revenge, sent from th' infernal kingdom
To ease the gnawing vulture of thy mind
By working wreakful vengeance on thy foes.
Come down, and welcome me to this world's light.
Confer with me of murder and of death.
There's not a hollow cave or lurking-place,
No vast obscurity or misty vale
Where bloody murder or detested rape
Can couch for fear, but I will find them out,
And in their ears tell them my dreadful name,
Revenge, which makes the foul offender quake.
Know, thou sad man, I am not Tamora.
She is thy enemy, and I thy friend.
I am Revenge, sent from th' infernal kingdom
To ease the gnawing vulture of thy mind
By working wreakful vengeance on thy foes.
Come down, and welcome me to this world's light.
Confer with me of murder and of death.
There's not a hollow cave or lurking-place,
No vast obscurity or misty vale
Where bloody murder or detested rape
Can couch for fear, but I will find them out,
And in their ears tell them my dreadful name,
Revenge, which makes the foul offender quake.
Original Format
The play The Most Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
Citation
William Shakespeare, “Shakespeare Passage about Revenge,” Enlightenmens, accessed January 30, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/218.