Monologue

Krogstad Monologue from A Doll's House

From A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

male · defiant · 52 sec

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I will tell you. I want to rehabilitate myself, Mrs Helmer; I want to get on; and in that your husband must help me. For the last year and a half I have not had a hand in anything dishonourable, amid all that time I have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. I was content to work my way up step by step. Now I am turned out, and I am not going to be satisfied with merely being taken into favour again. I want to get on, I tell you. I want to get into the Bank again, in a higher position.

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Krogstad confronts Mrs. Helmer, expressing his desire to improve his social standing and regain a position at the bank, revealing his struggles and determination to overcome his past.

30s · determination · ambition · power · redemption · identity

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