Monologue

Helmer Monologue from A Doll's House

From A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

male · defiant · 1:02 min

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It seems most commonly to be the mother’s influence, though naturally a bad father’s would have the same result. Every lawyer is familiar with the fact. This Krogstad, now, has been persistently poisoning his own children with lies and dissimulation; that is why I say he has lost all moral character. (Holds out his hands to her.) That is why my sweet little Nora must promise me not to plead his cause. Give me your hand on it. Come, come, what is this? Give me your hand. There now, that’s settled. I assure you it would be quite impossible for me to work with him; I literally feel physically ill when I am in the company of such people.

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Helmer expresses his disdain for Krogstad's influence on children, emphasizing his moral superiority and insisting that Nora must not support Krogstad.

30s · disgust · family · power · betrayal · moral character

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