Monologue

Agnes Monologue from The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith

From The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith by Arthur Wing Pinero

female · defiant · 1:05 min

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The sufferers, the toilers; that great crowd of old and young--old and young stamped by excessive labour and privation all of one pattern--whose backs bend under burdens, whose bones ache and grow awry, whose skins, in youth and in age, are wrinkled and yellow; those from whom a fair share of the earth's space and of the light of day is withheld. The half-starved who are bidden to stand with their feet in the kennel to watch gay processions in which you and your kind are borne high. Those who would strip the robes from a dummy aristocracy and cast the broken dolls into the limbo of a nation's discarded toys. Those who--mark me!--are already upon the highway, marching, marching; whose time is coming as surely as yours is going!

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Agnes passionately addresses the plight of the oppressed, highlighting the stark contrast between the suffering masses and the privileged elite, while rallying for change and justice.

30s · anger · social injustice · class struggle · oppression · hope

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