Any one know a good villain monologue?
I’m going to be taking a scene study class next semester in school, and my professor asked us to do monologue for the first day
Do any of you theater heads know a good villain monologue that is a contemperary play, and is meant for an early 20 year old male
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One of Iago’s from Othello?
Lady MacBeth from MacBeth?
Woah, should’ve read the details first.
I liked Ozymandias’ dialogue at the end of the Watchmen book.
Not the movie which was weak.
Sorry, all my villian monologues are for white guys in the 20’s that come from broken homes. Well, one guy, and he is evil, homophobic, a bully, and most importantly, dead.
Any one of Hannibal Lecters.
Also this one from Pulp Fiction:
“Jules: There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.” I been sayin’ that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin’ made me think twice. Now I’m thinkin’: it could mean you’re the evil man. And I’m the righteous man. And Mr. .45 here, he’s the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you’re the righteous man and I’m the shepherd and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish. I’d like that. But that shit ain’t the truth. The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd. ”
@Mrgelastic oh, it’s not from a play, it’s part of a novel I abandoned several years ago.
Have you considered the closing lines by Robert DiNiro in the movie Cape Fear when he is going down with the boat in the rainstorm? That is a pretty powerful monologue. I have no idea where to find it, nor can I quote it, but that always gave me chills to hear it.
The Incredibles by Pixar
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Incredibles,-The.html
SYNDROME
See? Now you respect me, because I’m a threat. That’s the
way it works. Turns out there’s a lot of people, whole countries who want
respect. And they will pay through the nose to get it. How do you think I got
rich? I invented weapons. And now I have a weapon only I can defeat. And when I
unleash it, I’ll get—
SYNDROME
Oh, I’m real. Real enough to defeat you! And I did it
without your precious gifts, your oh-so-special powers. I’ll give them heroics.
I’ll give them the most spectacular heroics anyone’s ever seen! And when I’m
old and I’ve had my fun, I’ll sell my inventions so that everyone can be
superheroes. Everyone can be super. And when everyone’s super…no one will be.
[evil laughter]
Erg, unfortuanatly i need monologues from a PLAY that is contemporary
I suggest going to your library and looking for some of the books on this page.
They should be in the early 800s, if your library is using Dewey Decimal.
I’ve seen many things, and done many things, things that you would never forget, and one of those things is the cold of a steel chain wrapping around someones neck. That does things to a man, it gives him nightmares, it gives him ideas, thoughts that stay in his head until he dies, but none of that compares to what I an going to do to you!
Rutger Hauer’s monologue in “Bladerunner” is really great.
If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes…
“You wanna know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself, he doesn’t like that, not one bit. So me watching, he takes the knife to her laughing while he does it. He turns to me and he says, “Why so serious?” He comes at me with the knife, “Why so serious?” He sticks the blade in my mouth, “Let’s put a smile on that face!” And…why so serious?”
Hans Beckett as played by Peter Lorre in the film “M”
I was going to do this in an oral interpretation class, but I couldn’t seem to refrain from doing a Peter Lorre impression
“What do you know about it? Who are you anyway? Who are you? Criminals. Are you proud of yourselves? Proud of breaking safes or cheating at cards, things you can just as well keep your fingers off. You wouldn’t need to do all that if you’d learn a proper trade. Or if you’d work but if you weren’t a bunch of lazy bastards… but I—I can’t help myself—I have no control over this. This evil thing inside me, the fire, the voices, the torment! Its there all the time—driving me to wander the streets, following me silently, but I can feel it there—it’s me, pursuing myself—I want to escape, to escape from myself but it’s impossible… I can’t escape, I have to obey it, I have to run endless streets—I want to escape, to get away and I’m pursued by ghosts—ghosts of mothers and of those children, they never leave me, they are there, always there, always, always except when I do it—when I… then I can’t remember anything and afterwards I see those posters and read what I’ve done. Did I do that? But I can’t remember anything about it, but who will believe me? Who knows what its like to be me? How I’m forced to act—how I must—must—don’t want to—but must—and then a voice screams—I can’t bear to hear it—I can’t go on, I can’t go on….”
Most people consider Shakespeare to be a contemporary dramatist. His work has poetry, meter, form, imagery and is known for its memorable speeches. A lot of the stuff above seems very pedestrian to me.
Check out Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and the plays of Athol Fugard, and possibly _RENT- which deliberately has an ethnicly diverse cast.
“Athol Fugard (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of apartheid and for the 2005 Academy-Award winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood…
The recipient of many awards, honors, and honorary degrees, including the 2005 Order of Ikhamanga in Silver “for his excellent contribution and achievements in the theatre” from the government of South Africa, he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athol_Fugard
I was thinking Mamet too. That’s funny proXXI I just looked up and saw your response. I think the character are all older in Glengary Glen Ross but is there one in American Buffalo? I think Mamet’s gotta have a character for you.
I was thinking The Shape of Things has a great villain but she’s female- what about Neil Labute?
Wow- it’s kind of hard to find “villains” exactly in contemporary plays- harder than you would think.
Not exactly a villain monologue, but…
“At 0800 hours, station time, the Romulan Empire formally declared war against the Dominion. They’ve already struck 15 bases along the Cardassian border. So, this is a huge victory for the good guys! This may even be the turning point of the entire war! There’s even a “Welcome to the Fight” party tonight in the wardroom! So. I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But most damning of all… I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing – a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it.I can live with it. Computer – erase that entire personal log.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-YyL7X4CWw
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