Monologue

Orange Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · dramatic · 51 sec

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Egmont, our interests have for years weighed upon my heart; I ever stand as over a chess-board, and regard no move of my adversary as insignificant; and as men of science carefully investigate the secrets of nature, so I hold it to be the duty, ay, the very vocation of a prince, to acquaint himself with the dispositions and intentions of all parties. I have reason to fear an outbreak. The king has long acted according to certain principles; he finds that they do not lead to a prosperous issue; what more probable than that he should seek it some other way?

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30s · fear · power · ambition · fate · betrayal

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