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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2 Scene 5
Time & Place
Ancient Italy
Length
Medium
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
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Posthumus had made a bet with Iachimo that his
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Is there no way for men to be but women
Must be half-workers? We are all bastards;
And that most venerable man which I
Did call my father, was I know not where
When I was stamp'd; some coiner with his tools
Made me a counterfeit:
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