I need to find a dramatic monologue, its my first year in drama and I need to get in good with the drama teacher, to show him what I can do. Im 17yr old male if it helps. He's really big on projection, so I want to find one where maybe I can yell alot or something. Any ideas?
2007-08-27 14:45:43 · 3 answers · asked by abc 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
This might impress him!
FRANKENSTEIN
A monologue from the novel by Mary Shelley
NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833.
THE CREATURE: I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched. How, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. How dare you sport thus with life? Do your duty toward me, and I will do mine toward you and the rest of mankind. If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace, but if you refuse I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends. Have I not suffered enough that you seek to increase my misery? Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it. Remember, thou hast made me more powerful than thyself. My height is superior to thine, my joints more supple. But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king, if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me. Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature, I ought to by thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. The desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge. I have wandered here many days. The caves of ice, which I only do not fear, are a dwelling to me, and the only one which man does not grudge. These bleak skies I hail, for they are kinder to me than your fellow beings. If the multitude of mankind knew of my existence, they would do as you do and arm themselves for my destruction. Shall I not then hate them who abhor me? I will keep no terms with my enemies. I am miserable and they shall share my wretchedness. Yet it is in your power to recompense me, and deliver them from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great that not only you and your family, but thousands of others, shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage. Let your compassion be moved and do not disdain me. I was benevolent and good. Misery made me a fiend. Make me happy and I shall again be virtuous. I have wandered through these mountains, I have ranged through their immense recesses, consumed by a burning passion which you alone can gratify. We may not part until you have promised to comply with my request. I am alone and miserable. Man will not associate with me, but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. A female. This being you must create.
2007-08-27 14:57:35 · answer #1 · answered by ANDREA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankenstein Monologue
2016-11-11 02:11:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet
MacBeth
King Lear
Othello
Romeo & Juliet
actually, any of these plays have great monologues - if your looking for out of the way stuff, look at some of the minor characters like Iago in Othello or the fool in 12th night.
the st. Chrispins day speach is great for projection, manliness and cool lines you can recite later to impress people at tailgate parties where English majors are present.
look for the plays online -texts are all oer for free
2007-08-27 15:01:24 · answer #3 · answered by Chris D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matthew McConahey's closing summation from A Time to Kill, very powerful when done properly. It's a little lengthy but 6minutes is very doable.
Another might be Michael Douglas "greed is good" from wall street. It's a pivotal point in the movie.
2007-08-27 17:18:15 · answer #4 · answered by mundawgs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yelling isn't necessary, just speak clearly and distinctly toward the audience. Want to impress? Do Hamlet! He has 5 major soliloquys.
2007-08-27 15:06:29 · answer #5 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet has some great ones or try Richard 3
2007-08-27 15:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by John C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
find the Knute Rockne half time speech, the one that Rudy does in the movie...of course for me there is nothing to compare with MLK JR "I have a dream" speech...good luck
2007-08-27 14:59:27 · answer #7 · answered by knarfwiz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋