Monologue

Czar Monologue from Vera

From Vera by Oscar Wilde

male · anguished · 1:23 min

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Ay! and when kings are God's scourges for the people. Oh, my own son, in my own house! My own flesh and blood against me! Take him away! Take him away! Bring in my guards. To the blackest prison in Moscow! Let me never see his face again. No, no, leave him! I don't trust guards. They are all Nihilists! They would let him escape and he would kill me, kill me! No, I'll bring him to prison myself, you and I . I trust you, you have no mercy. I shall have no mercy. Oh, my own son against me! How hot it is! The air stifles me! I feel as if I were going to faint, as if something were at my throat. Open the windows, I say! Out of my sight! Out of my sight! I can't bear his eyes. Wait, wait for me.

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The Czar confronts the betrayal of his own son, feeling a mix of anger and fear as he grapples with the threat posed by his own flesh and blood, leading to a desperate call for action.

40s · anger · power · family · betrayal · isolation

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