Monologue

Mar Monologue from The Miser

From The Miser by Molière

any · anguished · 1:24 min

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Alas! I can answer here for what you have said; that you do not deceive us; and all you say clearly tells me that you are my brother. (VAL: You my sister!) Yes, my heart was touched as soon as you began to speak; and our mother, who will be delighted at seeing you, often told me of the misfortunes of our family. Heaven spared us also in that dreadful wreck; but our life was spared at the cost of our liberty, for my mother and myself were taken up by pirates from the wreck of our vessel. After ten years of slavery a lucky event gave us back to liberty, and we returned to Naples, where we found all our property sold, and could hear no news of our father. We embarked for Genoa, where my mother went to gather what remained of a family estate which had been much disputed. Leaving her unjust relatives, she came here, where she has lived but a weary life.

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The character reflects on the hardships faced by their family, recounting a tragic past filled with loss and longing for freedom and connection.

20s · sadness · family · freedom · betrayal · isolation

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