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Mr Quirke Monologue from HYACINTH HALVEY

From HYACINTH HALVEY by LADY AUGUSTA GREGORY

male · dramatic · 1:01 min

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The preserver of the poor! Talk of the holy martyrs! They are nothing at all to what he is! Will you look at him! To save that poor boy he is going! To take the blame on himself he is going! To say he, himself, did the robbery he is going! Before the magistrate he is going! To jail he is going! Taking the blame on his own head! Putting the sin on his own shoulders! Letting on to have done a robbery! Telling a lie--that it may be forgiven him--to his own injury! Doing all that, I tell you, to save the character of a miserable slack lad, that rose in poverty.

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Mr. Quirke passionately defends the actions of a man who is willing to take the blame for a robbery to protect a young boy, highlighting themes of sacrifice and moral integrity.

40s · determination · sacrifice · redemption · poverty · honor

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