Caritidès Monologue from The Bores: A Comedy in Three Acts

From The Bores: A Comedy in Three Acts by Molière

male · comedic · 1:16 min

Sir, it is a vast difficulty when a man has to introduce himself; we should always be presented to the great by people who commend us in words, whose voice, being listened to, delivers with authority what may cause our slender merit to be known. In short, I could have wished that some persons well-informed could have told you, sir, what I am... (ER: I see sufficiently, sir, what you are. Your manner of accosting me makes that clear.) Yes, I am a man of learning charmed by your worth; not one of those learned men whose name ends simply in us. Nothing is so common as a name with a Latin termination. Those we dress in Greek have a much superior look; and in order to have one ending in ès, I call myself Mr. Caritidès. (ER: Caritidès be it. What have you to say?) I wish, sir, to read you a petition, which I venture to beg of you to present to the King, as your position enables you to do.

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