Monologue

Val Monologue from The Miser

From The Miser by Molière

male · dramatic · 1:21 min

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Yes; but learn to your confusion that his son, seven years of age, was, with a servant, saved from the wreck by a Spanish vessel, and that this son is he who now speaks to you. Learn that the captain of that ship, touched with compassion at my misfortune, loved me; that he had me brought up as his own son, and that the profession of arms has been my occupation ever since I was fit for it; that lately I heard that my father is not dead, as I thought he was; that, passing this way to go and find him out, an accident, arranged by heaven, brought to my sight the charming Élise; that the sight of her made me a slave to her beauty, and that the violence of my love and the harshness of her father made me take the resolution to come into his house disguised as a servant, and to send some one else to look after my parents.

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Val reveals his true identity and the circumstances of his past, expressing his deep feelings for Élise while navigating the complexities of his family's history.

20s · longing · love · identity · family · fate

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