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Shakespeare Sunday spotlights Richard III conscience soliloquy
Original: "My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me fo
Theater lovers are sharing a famous passage from William Shakespeare's Richard III, Act 5, Scene 3, in which King Richard, on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth, reflects that his conscience speaks with "a thousand several tongues" and condemns him as a villain. The quote is being circulated as part of the recurring Shakespeare Sunday tradition, in which readers post favorite lines from the playwright's works each week.
Why now: It is Sunday, when literature fans regularly share Shakespeare quotations online.
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