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Kroll Monologue from Rosmersholm

From Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen

male · contemplative · 1:09 min

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Because I dare not--I WILL not--think the worst. No, no, let me finish what I want to say. Am I to believe that you really prize my friendship, Rosmer? And my respect, too? Do you? (Rosmer: Surely I need not answer that question.) Well, but there are other things that require answering--that require full explanation on your part. Will you submit to it if I hold a sort of inquiry--? (Rosmer: An inquiry?) Yes, if I ask you questions about one or two things that it may be painful for you to recall to mind. For instance, the matter of your apostasy--well, your emancipation, if you choose to call it so--is bound up with so much else for which, for your own sake, you ought to account to me.

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30s · anticipation · friendship · identity · betrayal · emancipation

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