Dramatic monologue from play free#

Our knowledge has made us cynical our cleverness, hard and unkind. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.

Dramatic monologue from play free#

The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. In this world, there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. I should like to help everyone if possible Jew, Gentile, black man, white.

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor.

Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery. Except for a single very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter the four-million year old black monolith has remained completely inert. It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface near the crater Tycho. Eighteen months ago the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. Now that you are in Jupiter’s space and the entire crew is revived it can be told to you. This is a prerecorded briefing made prior to your departure and which for security reasons of the highest importance has been known on board during the mission only by your H-A-L 9000 computer. Well in my book, my father died a much richer man than you’ll ever be!” – It’s a wonderful life But to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they’re cattle.

Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn’t think so. Potter, that this rabble you’re talking about … they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Wait? Wait for what? Until their children grow up and leave them? Until they’re so old and broken down that they … Do you know how long it takes a working man to save $5,000? Just remember this, Mr. “… What’d you say a minute ago? They had to wait and save their money before they even ought to think of a decent home.Examples of Dramatic Monologue from Movies This dramatic monologue is an example of how powerful people think when they have control over others. It presents a psychological state of mind of personified megalomaniac bird and how he thinks when he holds power over the lives of other weak birds. This poem presents a hawk perching high on a tree, thinking about his power and dreams. These are the first two stanzas of the famous monologue of Ted Hughes. Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.Īnd the earth’s face upward for my inspection.” “I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. He recalls the past and writes about the sea again. This monologue expressed his thoughts about his bride when they were on honeymoon on the same breach. He has highlighted his own situation and his reaction to the sorrow that he is experiencing. “ Dover Beach” is another example of such an autobiographical monologue by Matthew Arnold. Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.Ĭome to the window, sweet is the night-air!” Gleams and is gone the cliffs of England stand, Upon the straits on the French coast the light She has likened this act to the Holocaust to create her own powerful monologue. This extract is from the famous monologue of Sylvia Plath’s “ Lady Lazarus.” It also highlights her psychological state of mind about her act of committing suicide and subsequent failure.