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That I may give the local wound a name
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RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida

That I may give the local wound a name, And make distinct the very breach whereout...

That I may give the local wound a name, And make distinct the very breach whereout Hector's great spirit flew.
Answer me, heavens!

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That I may give the local wound a name,
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And make distinct the very breach whereout
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Hector's great spirit flew. Answer me, heavens!
Duration
10 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
02:08:14
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.
It would discredit the blest gods, proud man, To answer such a question. Stand again - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:13
It would discredit the blest gods, proud man, To answer such...
I tell thee, yea - Wert thou an oracle to tell me so, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:40
I tell thee, yea - Wert thou an oracle to tell me so,
Tomorrow do I meet thee, fell as death: Tonight all friends - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:27
Tomorrow do I meet thee, fell as death: Tonight all friends
My Lord Ulysses, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:10
My Lord Ulysses,
At Menelaus' tent, most worthy prince - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:22
At Menelaus' tent, most worthy prince
You shall command me, sir. As gentle tell me, of what honour was this - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:09
You shall command me, sir. As gentle tell me, of what honour...
Had she no lover there That wails her absence? - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:05
Had she no lover there That wails her absence?
O, sir, to such as boasting show their scars A mock is due - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:09
O, sir, to such as boasting show their scars A mock is due
She was beloved, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:13
She was beloved,
I'll heat his blood with Greekish wine tonight, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:16
I'll heat his blood with Greekish wine tonight,
Why, thou picture of what thou seemest, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:16
Why, thou picture of what thou seemest,
O prithee be silent, boy: I profit not by thy talk. - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:05
O prithee be silent, boy: I profit not by thy talk.
Thou art thought to be Achilles' male varlet - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:09
Thou art thought to be Achilles' male varlet
Why, his masculine whore - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:33
Why, his masculine whore
No, you ruinous butt, you whoreson indistinguishable cur - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:25
No, you ruinous butt, you whoreson indistinguishable cur
Ah, how the poor world is pestered with such waterflies, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:07
Ah, how the poor world is pestered with such waterflies,
My sweet Patroclus, I am thwarted quite >From my great purpose in tomorrow's battle - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:39
My sweet Patroclus, I am thwarted quite >From my grea...
With too much blood, too little brain, these two may run mad - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:30
With too much blood, too little brain, these two may run mad
To an ass, were nothing: he is both ass and ox. - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:06
To an ass, were nothing: he is both ass and ox.
To an ox, were nothing: he is both ox and ass - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:31
To an ox, were nothing: he is both ox and ass