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The Changeling

What should I fear,Having all joys about...

Antonio

The Changeling
Thomas Middleton William Rowley

Overview

Show
The Changeling
Character
Antonio
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act Three, Scene Three
Time & Place
Inside a secure room within Alibius's madhouse in Alicante, Spain, during the early seventeenth century.
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

Context

Text

What should I fear,

Having all joys about me? Do you smile,

And love shall play the wanton on your lip,

Meet and retire, retire and meet again:

Look you but cheerfully, and in your eyes

I shall behold mine own deformity,

And dress myself up fairer; I know this shape

Becomes me not, but in those bright mirrors

I shall array me handsomely.

Thomas Middleton and William Rowley. The Changeling. http://www.tech.org/~cleary/change.html.

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