Relling Monologue from The Wild Duck

From The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen

male · sarcastic · 44 sec

Most people are ennobled when they stand sorrowing by the dead. But how long do you suppose this fine feeling will last with him? (GREGERS: It will last and grow all his life through!) In three-quarters of a year little Hedvig will be nothing more to him than an excellent theme for declamation. (GREGERS: And you dare to say this of Hjalmar Ekdal?) We’ll talk about it again when the first grass has withered upon her grave. Then you’ll hear him perorating about “the father’s heart bereft too soon of it’s child,” then you’ll see him steeping himself in emotion and in self-admiration, and self-pity. Wait and see!

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