Monologue

Egmont Monologue

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · dramatic · 42 sec

My friend, if it can be any comfort to thee, be assured that the very moment we met my heart was drawn towards thee. Now listen! Let us exchange a few quiet words. Tell me: is it the stern, the settled purpose of thy father to take my life? (Ferdinand: It is.) This sentence is not a mere empty scarecrow, designed to terrify me, to punish me through fear and intimidation, to humiliate me, that he may then raise me again by the royal favour?

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