Monologue

Solness Monologue from The Master Builder

From The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen

male · anguished · 39 sec

Yes, these devils! And the troll within me as well--they have drawn all the life-blood out of her. They did it for my happiness! Yes, yes! And now she is dead--for my sake. And I am chained alive to a dead woman. _I_--_I_ who cannot live without joy in life! [HILDA moves round the table and seats herself on the bench, with her elbows on the table, and her head supported by her hands.

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