Monologue

Cleante Monologue from Tartuffe

From Tartuffe by Molière

male · defiant · 42 sec

But if this zeal which drives you and with which You plume yourself lifts you to a holy niche, Why is it that it didn't come to life Until after he caught you with his wife, And why did you only denounce him today After honor made him chase you away? I don't claim that the gift of all his estates Ought to distract you from duty's dictates, But if you planned to reveal his treason here, Why were you willing to take his wealth back there?

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