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Kroll Monologue from Rosmersholm

From Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen

male · defiant · 1:31 min

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Well, I can assure you I have even more to talk over with you--because I have become an active politician, as I dare say you know. (Rosmer: Yes, I know you have. How did that come about?) I had to, you see, whether I liked it or not. It became impossible for me to remain an idle spectator any longer. Now that the Radicals have become so distressingly powerful, it was high time. And that is also why I have induced our little circle of friends in the town to bind themselves more definitely together. It was high time, I can tell you! (Rebecca: As a matter of fact, isn't it really rather late now?) There is no denying it would have been more fortunate if we had succeeded in checking the stream at an earlier point. But who could really foresee what was coming? I am sure I could not. (Gets up and walks up and down.) Anyway, my eyes are completely opened now; for the spirit of revolt has spread even into my school.

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30s · determination · power · identity · ambition · freedom

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