The oldest in English that we have access to might be in Beowulf? Villain monologues are as old as stories, and stories are as old as humanity.
In what medium be it print music movies or other was the first villain monologue delivered? What was it about?
Submitted 2 months ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Cave drawings?
rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Judging from prose like Mobi Dick, it was written at about the same time, covered 10+ pages, had 342 commas and semicolons, and was a single epic run-on sentence.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 months ago
Richard III starts with a villain monolog.
eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Oh dear Richard the 3rd
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Isn’t there several in the old testament?
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I would check the bible, it’s full with that kind of stuff.
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was almost certainly spoken around a fire in a cave and has been lost to time before humans really recorded history
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Cave fire speech is not a medium in the strict sense, though.
That means at least writing would have to have been available.
Gilgamesh epic might be a good candidate, I think.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 months ago
Not a real monologue, but Humbaba mocks Gilgamesh and Enkidu for their hubris and lack of wisdom. He specifically attacks Enkidu, questioning his origins and his betrayal of the wild. He vows to slaughter them both and feed their flesh to the birds and beasts of the forest.