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Werner Stauffacher Monologue from Wilhelm Tell

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

male · dramatic · 1:12 min

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'Tis true! Near Bruck, by the assassin's hand, King Albert fell. A most trustworthy man, John Mueller, from Schaffhausen, brought the news. (FURST: Who dared commit so horrible a deed?) The doer makes the deed more dreadful still; It was his nephew, his own brother's child, Duke John of Austria, who struck the blow. (MELCHTHAL: What drove him to so dire a parricide?) The emperor kept his patrimony back, Despite his urgent importunities; 'Twas said, indeed, he never meant to give it, But with a mitre to appease the duke. However this may be, the duke gave ear, To the ill counsel of his friends in arms; And with the noble lords, von Eschenbach, Von Tegerfeld, von Wart, and Palm, resolved, Since his demands for justice were despised, With his own hands to take revenge at least.

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30s · anger · betrayal · revenge · family · power

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