Tell Monologue from Wilhelm Tell

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

male · defiant · 1:13 min

How! Slain him--thy king, thy uncle! And the earth Still bears thee! And the sun still shines on thee! (DUKE JOHN: Tell, hear me, ere you----) Reeking with the blood Of him that was thy emperor and kinsman, Durst thou set foot within my spotless house? Show thy fell visage to a virtuous man, And claim the rites of hospitality? (DUKE JOHN: I hoped to find compassion at your hands. You also took revenge upon your foe!) Unhappy man! And dar'st thou thus confound Ambition's bloody crime with the dread act To which a father's direful need impelled him? Hadst thou to shield thy children's darling heads? To guard thy fireside's sanctuary--ward off The last, worst doom from all that thou didst love? To heaven I raise my unpolluted hands, To curse thine act and thee! I have avenged That holy nature which thou hast profaned. I have no part with thee. Thou art a murderer; I've shielded all that was most dear to me.

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