Monologue

Sub Monologue from The Alchemist

From The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

male · sarcastic · 56 sec

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No, nor your holy vizard, to win widows To give you legacies; or make zealous wives To rob their husbands for the common cause: Nor take the start of bonds broke but one day, And say, they were forfeited by providence. Nor shall you need o'er night to eat huge meals, To celebrate your next day's fast the better; The whilst the brethren and the sisters humbled, Abate the stiffness of the flesh. Nor cast Before your hungry hearers scrupulous bones; As whether a Christian may hawk or hunt, Or whether matrons of the holy assembly May lay their hair out, or wear doublets, Or have that idol starch about their linen.

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Sub critiques the manipulative practices of religious figures who exploit the faithful for personal gain, highlighting the absurdity of their actions and the moral decay within society.

30s · disgust · hypocrisy · religion · greed · social critique

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