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Each thing meets in mere oppugnancy
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Each thing meets in mere oppugnancy The bounded watersShould lift their bosoms higher than...

Each thing meets in mere oppugnancy The bounded waters
Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores And make a sop of all this solid globe Strength should be lord of imbecility,
And the rude son should strike his father dead Force should be right:
or rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose their names,
and so should justice too

Full Transcript

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Each thing meets in mere oppugnancy
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The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores
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And make a sop of all this solid globe
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Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead
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Force should be right: or rather, right and wrong,
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Between whose endless jar justice resides,
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Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:50
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Production
Royal Shakespeare Company

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Movie Summary

Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy, their innocence is tested and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war with tragic consequences.