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Drama, gender & the body

Troilus and Cressida

Act 4, Scene 3

Modern spelling. Stage directions omitted.

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PARIS

It is great morning; and the hour prefix’d
For her delivery to this valiant Greek
Comes fast upon. Good my brother Troilus,
Tell you the lady what she is to do
And haste her to the purpose.

TROILUS

Walk into her house.
I’ll bring her to the Grecian ;
And to his hand when I deliver her,
Think it an altar, and brother Troilus
A priest, there off’ring to it his own heart.

PARIS

I know what to love,
And would, as I shall pity, I could help!
Please you walk in, my lords?

All of Troilus and Cressida

Opening and close

Prologue,

Act 1

Act 1, Scene 1Act 1, Scene 2Act 1, Scene 3,

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 1Act 2, Scene 2Act 2, Scene 3,

Act 3

Act 3, Scene 1Act 3, Scene 2Act 3, Scene 3,

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 1Act 4, Scene 2Act 4, Scene 3Act 4, Scene 4Act 4, Scene 5,

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1Act 5, Scene 2Act 5, Scene 3Act 5, Scene 4Act 5, Scene 5Act 5, Scene 6Act 5, Scene 7Act 5, Scene 8Act 5, Scene 9Act 5, Scene 10

Open Troilus and Cressida in the 1623 First Folio. See its words in the cloud.

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