Monologue

Soldier Monologue from Hippolytus

From Hippolytus by Euripides

male · dramatic · 1:21 min

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Our quest is finished, and thy prey, O King, Caught; for the chase was swift, and this wild thing Most tame; yet never flinched, nor thought to flee, But held both hands out unresistingly-- No change, no blanching of the wine-red cheek. He waited while we came, and bade us wreak All thy decree; yea, laughed, and made my best Easy, till I for very shame confessed And said: "O stranger, not of mine own will I bind thee, but his bidding to fulfil Who sent me." And those prisoned Maids withal Whom thou didst seize and bind within the wall Of thy great dungeon, they are fled, O King. Free in the woods, a-dance and glorying To Bromios. Of their own impulse fell To earth, men say, fetter and manacle, And bars slid back untouched of mortal hand Yea, full of many wonders to thy land Is this man come.... Howbeit, it lies with thee!

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The Soldier reports to the King about the capture of a wild man who surprisingly did not resist. The atmosphere is charged with the implications of power dynamics and the unexpected turn of events regarding the escape of the imprisoned maidens.

30s · anticipation · freedom · power · fate · identity

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