Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

GHOST

in The Lost Lady — Berkeley, William, Sir

Metadata

PlayThe Lost Lady
AuthorBerkeley, William, Sir
Year (catalogued)1638
Decade1630s
Speech prefix(es)GHO, | GHO. | GMO.
Words268
Characters1449
Typicality0.41 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA08731
ClusterCluster 22 — Ghosts, curses & horror voices

Important excerpts

Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 22 (broom, tiff, loathsome, snakes, hercles, dismal…). Matches are highlighted.

anger, and I will Discover more than you yet hoped to know. Then know I was betrayed. O love, here's company, I must retire. She is the cause that I do walk in shades.

Full speech

Forbear, and hear me: if you approach, I vanish, Impious inconstant Lysicles, cannot This miracle of my reassuming A mortal shape, persuade thee there are gods To punish falsehood, that thou still persists In thy dissembling: do not I know Thy heart is swollen with vows thou hast laid up For thy Hermione, whom thou wouldst persuade, Thy narrow heart is capable of love By mocking of my ashes, and erecting Tombs to me, which are Indeed but Trophies of thy dead conquered love and virtue. I shall desire to live if this be true; Nothing can add a comfort where I am, But the assurance of your love: I know Faith is not tied to pass the confines Of this life, yet Hermione's happiness Does trouble me: You'll think I loved Youliving, when dead, I am jealous of you. My glory and my happiness. Did you suspect her, that you concealed this from her? My Uncle's cruelty and hate of you procured our separation. I know it, but we were betrayed By one that served me, and the doubts confirmed By the More youspake with yesterday. All that I ever did she's conscious of, And jealous of your love unto HERMIONE, Did place me here, to search into your thoughts, And now is prouder of this discovery, Thanifa Crown were added to her. My dearest Lysicles, promise to be But temperate in your anger, and I will Discover more than you yet hoped to know. Then know I was betrayed. O love, here's company, I must retire. She is the cause that I do walk in shades.