Monologue

Cle Monologue from The Miser

From The Miser by Molière

male · romantic · 1:24 min

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No, father, they will never change; and I earnestly beg of you, Madam, to believe me. (HAR: Did ever anybody see such folly? He is becoming worse and worse.) Would you have me false to my inmost feelings? (HAR: Again! Change your manners, if you please.) Very well, since you wish me to speak differently. Allow me, Madam, to take for a moment my father's place; and forgive me if I tell you that I never saw in the world anybody more charming than you are; that I can understand no happiness to equal that of pleasing you, and that to be your husband is a glory, a felicity, I should prefer to the destinies of the greatest princes upon earth. Yes, Madam, to possess you is, in my mind, to possess the best of all treasures; to obtain you is all my ambition. There is nothing I would not do for so precious a conquest, and the most powerful obstacles...

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Cle expresses his deep admiration and desire for the woman he wishes to marry, placing her above all worldly treasures and ambitions.

20s · longing · love · ambition · honor · desire

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