Monologue

Solness Monologue from The Master Builder

From The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen

male · contemplative · 1:03 min

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(Sits down.) Doctor Herdal--I am going to tell you a strange story--if you care to listen to it. (DR. HERDAL: I like listening to strange stories.) Very well then. I daresay you recollect that I took Knut Brovik and his son into my employment--after the old man's business had gone to the dogs. (DR. HERDAL: Yes, so I have understood.) You see, they really are clever fellows, these two. Each of them has talent in his own way. But then the son took it into his head to get engaged; and the next thing, of course, was that he wanted to get married--and begin to build on his own account. That is the way with all these young people.

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40s · anticipation · ambition · identity · family · youth

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