Monologue

Hardcastle Monologue from She Stoops to Conquer

From She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

male · sarcastic · 54 sec

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Nor I, confound me if ever I did. To come to my house, to call for what he likes, to turn me out of my own chair, to insult the family, to order his servants to get drunk, and then to tell me, “This house is mine, sir.” By all that’s impudent, it makes me laugh. Ha! ha! ha! Pray, sir (bantering), as you take the house, what think you of taking the rest of the furniture? There’s a pair of silver candlesticks, and there’s a fire-screen, and here’s a pair of brazen-nosed bellows; perhaps you may take a fancy to them?

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Hardcastle expresses his outrage and disbelief at the audacity of a guest who has taken over his home and insulted his family, using humor to mask his anger.

40s · anger · power · insult · family · humor

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