Robert Monologue from Honor: A Play in Four Acts

From Honor: A Play in Four Acts by Hermann Sudermann

male · anguished · 1:04 min

(Standing in his way) Will you give that blood-money back? Yes or no? (Heinecke: Give it back? Huh!) Then I'm through with you! and you, too, Mother. Is a man brought into the world for that! To wear dishonor like a birthmark? Very good! If I had to be born, why didn't you leave me in the dirt when I first saw the day? Where I've got to wallow for the rest of my life because my worthy family desires it! (Auguste: Do you hear that, Mother, and he was always your favorite.) No, no, Mother, don't listen to me! (Kneeling beside her) I said nothing! If I said anything, it was only madness. To-day I feel as though I were cut loose from everything that is human--or natural! Mother, have pity on me! You can save me! Come with me!

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