Monologue

Strep Monologue from The Clouds

From The Clouds by Aristophanes

male · joyful · 1:12 min

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Even if witnesses were present when I borrowed the money? (Soc: Yea, much more! Even if a thousand be present.) Then I will shout with a very loud shout: Ho! Weep, you petty-usurers, both you and your principals, and your compound interests! For you can no longer do me any harm, because such a son is being reared for me in this house, shining with a double-edged tongue, for my guardian, the preserver of my house, a mischief to my enemies, ending the sadness of the great woes of his father. Him do thou run and summon from within to me. (Socrates goes into the house.) O child! O son! Come forth from the house! Hear your father! (Re-enter Socrates leading in Phidippides) (Soc: Lo, here is the man!) O my dear, my dear!

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40s · joy · family · identity · redemption · power

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