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Question: Can anyone give me any ideas for monolgues dealing with the theme of hatred!?
This includes but is not limited to: Monolgues, prose, poetry, song, etc!.

I need ideas for my acting class!. Any help is appreciated!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I don't have any monologues myself to recommend to you, but I have put together a directory of websites you can look over that might help you!.
http://www!.actingcareerstartup!.com/comic!.!.!.

On that page, aside from a listing of sites to search by category of monologues, you will also see links to pages that will tell you how to memorize a monologue as well as common mistakes to avoid while performing them!.

Good luck!

TonyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Try looking for some of the speeches Iago makes in Othello!. He's a character fuelled more or less entirely by hatred!Www@QuestionHome@Com

this might sound silly but theres a darth maul monologue from star wars episode 1 that is very badass and it deals with fear and hatred!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Down Once More from Phantom of the Opera
What is this Feeling (Loathing) from WickedWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: There is a very short part entitled "Wrath" which has a smallish part!. Do not let that fool you!. To embody those words and perform them in front of others is one of the most difficult things to do!. To display your true hatred, your true wrath, your true emotions impossible for most actors to do, so this is a great exercise!.
Actually, all od the deadly sins are listed in the play and each is a valuable exercise!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try Beatrice's monlogue from "Much Ado About Nothing" it is short, but the scene goes on and you could omit Benedick's lines (he's mostly sputtering anyway)!. If you don't know the show, she is defending her cousin, Hero, who was publicly (and wrongly) shamed at her wedding by her groom, Claudio!.

BEATRICE
Is he not approved in the height a villain, that hath
slandered, scorned, dishonored my kinswoman!? Oh, that I
were a man! What, bear her in hand until they come to take
hands and then, with public accusation, uncovered
slander, unmitigated rancor—O God, that I were a man! I
would eat his heart in the marketplace!.

BEATRICE
Talk with a man out at a window! A proper saying!

BENEDICK
Nay, but Beatrice—

BEATRICE
Sweet Hero, she is wronged, she is slandered, she is
undone!.

BENEDICK
Beat—

BEATRICE
Princes and counties! Surely, a princely testimony, a goodly
count, Count Comfect, a sweet gallant, surely! Oh, that I
were a man for his sake! Or that I had any friend would be
a man for my sake! But manhood is melted into curtsies,
valor into compliment, and men are only turned into
tongue, and trim ones too!. He is now as valiant as Hercules
that only tells a lie and swears it!. I cannot be a man with
wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving!.

Here is a side by side modern translation if you need help:
http://nfs!.sparknotes!.com/muchado/page_1!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com