Monologue

Faulkland Monologue from The Rivals

From The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

male · anguished · 1:16 min

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She's gone--for ever!--There was an awful resolution in her manner, that riveted me to my place.--O fool!--dolt!--barbarian! Cursed as I am, with more imperfections than my fellow wretches, kind Fortune sent a heaven-gifted cherub to my aid, and, like a ruffian, I have driven her from my side!--I must now haste to my appointment. Well, my mind is tuned for such a scene. I shall wish only to become a principal in it, and reverse the tale my cursed folly put me upon forging here.--O Love!--tormentor!--fiend!--whose influence, like the moon's, acting on men of dull souls, makes idiots of them, but meeting subtler spirits, betrays their course, and urges sensibility to madness! (Exit.) (Enter LYDIA and MAID.) MAID My mistress, ma'am, I know, was here just now--perhaps she is only in the next room. (Exit.)

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Faulkland is grappling with the loss of a beloved, reflecting on his own flaws and the torment of love, as he prepares for a confrontation that he hopes will change his fate.

30s · despair · love · betrayal · madness · redemption

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