Monologue

Dr Stockmann Monologue from An Enemy of the People

From An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

male · contemplative · 1:21 min

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Ah, naturally you can't appreciate it as keenly as I. You have lived all your life in these surroundings, and your impressions have been blunted. But I, who have been buried all these years in my little corner up north, almost without ever seeing a stranger who might bring new ideas with him—well, in my case it has just the same effect as if I had been transported into the middle of a crowded city. (Peter Stockmann: Oh, a city—!) I know, I know; it is all cramped enough here, compared with many other places. But there is life here—there is promise—there are innumerable things to work for and fight for; and that is the main thing. (Calls.) Katherine, hasn't the postman been here? (Mrs. Stockmann: No.) And then to be comfortably off, Peter! That is something one learns to value, when one has been on the brink of starvation, as we have.

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40s · longing · isolation · identity · freedom · new ideas

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