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Character | Jose Dolores | |
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Gender | Male | |
Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
Type of monologue / Character is | Persuasive, Inspirational, Speech, Malicious/scheming | |
Type | Dramatic | |
Year | 1969 | |
Period | 20th Century | |
Genre | Drama, War | |
Description | Jose Dolores incites the crowd | |
Details | 25 minutes into the film |
Summary
Set in the 1840s, William Walker, an English secret agent, is sent to a fictional Caribbean island to break the Portuguese monopoly on the sugar market. In order to achieve that William Walker convinces the plantation owners to turn against the government and incites the slaves to revolt with the help of a young slave by the name of Jose. In this speech, Jose tries to convince other slaves to revolt.
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Excerpt |
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Jose Dolores: “I’m sorry, friends, but the Portuguese are coming. They will be here at any moment. I am sorry it happens here. Here in your village but we can’t let the soldiers take us. Don’t you agree? Maybe most of you will be better off if you went away. Up to the Sierra. Better to hide the old ones. The women and the babies. But if there are any of you who are not old, not women, and are really man, someone who in life, at least once, have thought of killing his portuguese master, then now is the time to act. Portuguese CAN be killed. I will prove it to you! Can you use the rifles?” |