Monologue

Kosinsky Monologue from The Robbers

From The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller

male · anguished · 1:31 min

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Oh, captain! my more than cruel fate. I have suffered shipwrecked on the stormy ocean of the world; I have seen all my fondest hopes perish; and nought remains to me but a remembrance of the bitter past, which would drive me to madness, were I not to drown it by directing my energies to new objects. (CHARLES: Another arraignment of the ways of Providence! Proceed.) I became a soldier. Misfortune still followed me in the army. I made a venture to the Indies, and my ship was shivered on the rocks--nothing but frustrated hopes! At last, I heard tell far and wide of your valiant deeds, incendiarisms, as they called them, and I came straightway hither, a distance of thirty leagues, firmly resolved to serve under you, if you will deign to accept my services. I entreat thee, noble captain, refuse me not! SCHWEITZER (with a leap into the air). Hurrah! Hurrah! Our Roller replaced ten hundred-fold! An out-and-out brother cut-throat for our troop. (CHARLES: What is your name?) Kosinsky.

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20s · despair · fate · madness · identity · redemption

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