Monologue

Prince Paul Monologue from Vera

From Vera by Oscar Wilde

male · defiant · 53 sec

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Yes, I know I'm the most hated man in Russia, except your father, (9) except your father, of course, (9) Prince. He doesn't seem to like it much, by the way, but I do, I assure you. (Bitterly.) I love to drive through the streets and see how the canaille scowl at me from every corner. It makes me feel I am a power in Russia; one man against a hundred millions! Besides, I have no ambition to be a popular hero, to be crowned with laurels one year and pelted with stones the next; I prefer dying peaceably in my own bed.

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Prince Paul expresses his awareness of being despised by the public and revels in his power despite the hatred directed towards him, reflecting on his preference for solitude over fleeting popularity.

40s · defiance · power · ambition · isolation · identity

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