Walter Monologue from Wilhelm Tell

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

male · defiant · 1:07 min

Bind me? No, I will not be bound! I will be still, Still as a lamb--nor even draw my breath! But if you bind me I cannot be still. Then I shall writhe and struggle with my bonds. (HARRAS: But let your eyes at least be bandaged, boy!) And why my eyes? No! Do you think I fear An arrow from my father's hand? Not I! I'll wait it firmly, nor so much as wink! Quick, father, show them that thou art an archer! He doubts thy skill--he thinks to ruin us. Shoot then and hit though but to spite the tyrant! [He goes to the lime tree, and an apple is placed on his head. MELCHTHAL (to the country people). What! Is this outrage to be perpetrated Before our very eyes? Where is our oath?

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