Monologue

Dr Stockmann Monologue from An Enemy of the People

From An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

male · contemplative · 1:20 min

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But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style. I am quite sure an ordinary civil servant spends more in a year than I do. (Peter Stockmann: I daresay. A civil servant—a man in a well-paid position...) Well, any ordinary merchant, then! A man in that position spends two or three times as much as— (Peter Stockmann: It just depends on circumstances.) At all events I assure you I don't waste money unprofitably. But I can't find it in my heart to deny myself the pleasure of entertaining my friends. I need that sort of thing, you know. I have lived for so long shut out of it all, that it is a necessity of life to me to mix with young, eager, ambitious men, men of liberal and active minds; and that describes every one of those fellows who are enjoying their supper in there. I wish you knew more of Hovstad.

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30s · longing · friendship · isolation · ambition · identity

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