Monologue

Eli Monologue from The Miser

From The Miser by Molière

male · anguished · 1:03 min

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(kneeling to her father). Ah! my father, be more merciful, I beseech you, and do not let your paternal authority drive matters to extremes. Do not suffer yourself to be carried away by the first outburst of your anger, but give yourself time to consider what you do. Take the trouble of inquiring about him whose conduct has offended you. He is not what you imagine, and you will think it less strange that I should have given myself to him, when you know that without him you would long ago have lost me for ever. Yes, father, it is he who saved me from the great danger I ran in the waters, and to whom you owe the life of that very daughter who...

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Eli pleads with his father to reconsider his harsh judgment and reveals the true nature of the person who saved him, highlighting a moment of familial tension and emotional vulnerability.

20s · fear · family · redemption · trust · sacrifice

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