#cleomena is my biggest early-modern drama blorbo in such a long time
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But though the World be yours, it is not safe
Depending on a fickle multitude
Whom Interest and not Reason renders just.
Vallentio to the newly-liberated King Orsames, The Young King by Aphra Behn, V.iii.46-48
#so for context. orsames is essentially segusmundo from calderon's la vida es sueño#he's been living in a cave with only his tutor geron his whole life because of a prophecy that would be devastating to fulfill#it's the secondary plot in the young king but it is the plot the title refers to interestingly enough#thersander and cleomena aren't just my favs but they do get a lot more scenes which gives more to talk about#in this adaptation they still have the dream sequence but later on cleomena confounds the prophecy#by being like well that WAS his reign so it's fulfilled. now he should be liberated and able to become king#and she facilitates his release so she can go on a suicide mission to avenge clemanthis and dacia still has an heir#(orsames is her brother and thus in a male primogeniture-assumed monarchy the more rightful heir)#she's been raised as the presumed heir her whole life and that's why she's basically an amazon. i love my girl so much#cleomena is my biggest early-modern drama blorbo in such a long time#aphra behn#the young king#poetry
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