Pete. I say, I'd like to say summit soft to the old woman; perhaps it wouldn't go well, would it? Paul. Job had none of them critters on his plantation, else he'd never ha' stood through so many chapters. Dora. Here are evidences of the crime; this rum-bottle half emptied---this photographic apparatus smashed---and there are marks of blood and footsteps around the shed. "A fine, well-built old family mansion, replete with every comfort.". You want to hurt yourself. [Takes them.] Dora. Bless'ee, Missey Zoe, here it be. Scud. What's come ob de child? M'Closky. The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. Darn his copper carcass, I've got a set of Irish deck-hands aboard that just loved that child; and after I tell them this, let them get a sight of the red-skin, I believe they would eat him, tomahawk and all. Wahnotee appears, drunk and sorrowful, and tells them that Paul is buried near them. M'Closky. The Octoroon was a controversial play on both sides of the slavery debate when it debuted, as both abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates believed the play took the other camp's side. Cum yer now---stand round, cause I've got to talk to you darkies---keep dem chil'n quiet---don't make no noise, de missus up dar har us. George. Where did she live and what sort of life did she lead? Good day, ma'am. How would you like to rule the house of the richest planter on Atchafalaya---eh? Scud. where am I? Coventry Patmore, if a man has no stability when you meet him, you may want to stay clear of him. Do I? What, on Terrebonne? Zoe, will you remain here? You slew him with that tomahawk; and as you stood over his body with the letter in your hand, you thought that no witness saw the deed, that no eye was on you---but there was, Jacob M'Closky, there was. Gentlemen, I believe none of us have two feelings about the conduct of that man; but he has the law on his side---we may regret, but we must respect it. he does not know, he does not know! Pete. Zoe. It is such scenes as these that bring disgrace upon our Western life. | About Us Ratts. By fair means I don't think you can get her, and don't you try foul with her, 'cause if you do, Jacob, civilization be darned. [Seizing a fly whisk.] Paul. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. I bring you news; your banker, old Lafouche, of New Orleans, is dead; the executors are winding up his affairs, and have foreclosed on all overdue mortgages, so Terrebonne is for sale. For what I have done, let me be tried. Providence has chosen your executioner. if this is so, she's mine! Hold on, Jacob, I'm coming to that---I tell ye, I'm such a fool---I can't bear the feeling, it keeps at me like a skin complaint, and if this family is sold up---. I left it last night all safe. Let him answer for the boy, then. Zoe, what have I said to wound you? Dat's de laziest nigger on dis yere property. Come, cheer up, old friend. He can fight though he's a painter; claws all over. Why you out in de swamp dis time ob night---you catch de fever sure---you is all wet. I have remarked that she is treated by the neighbors with a kind of familiar condescension that annoyed me. The New York Times noted 'its striking merits as a sensational drama' whew! This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. Mrs. Claiborne Miss Clinton. Zoe. You are right, sir; though I shrank from expressing that opinion in her presence, so bluntly. 3, Pete, a house servant. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. she will har you. Ya! Ah! I will; for it is agin my natur' to b'lieve him guilty; and if he be, this ain't the place, nor you the authority to try him. [Sighing.] The earth has been stirred here lately. As they exit,M'Closkyrises from behind rock,R.,*and looks after them. "No. M'Closky. Mrs. P.My dear George, you are left in your uncle's will heir to this estate. What's he doing; is he asleep? You! Race or not, it's a story about . Lafouche. They owed him over fifty thousand dollars. Laws, mussey! [M'Closky*strikes him on the head---he falls dead.*]. Go now, George---leave me---take her with you. George. When George asks why, Zoe explains that she is an octoroon, and the law prevents a white man from marrying anyone with the smallest black heritage. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Getting Started | Contributor Zone We got the horses saddled, and galloped down the shell road over the Piney Patch; then coasting the Bayou Lake, we crossed the long swamps, by Paul's Path, and so came home again. Because it was the truth; and I had rather be a slave with a free soul, than remain free with a slavish, deceitful heart. Scud. They have realized that Paul is missing, and most believe him dead. My love? Scud. [Returning with rifle.] Would you rob me first, and murder me afterwards? No, no---life is good for young ting like you. [Wahnotee*rises and looks atM'Closky---he is in his war paint and fully armed.*]. He and his apparatus arrived here, took the judge's likeness and his fancy, who made him overseer right off. The Octoroon Act II Summary & Analysis. Scud. Shan't I! save me! *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. I have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? Would you now? Well, that's all right; but as he can't marry her, and as Miss Dora would jump at him---. laws a massey! [Weeping.] Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. | Contact Us Dido. A view of the Plantation Terrebonne, in Louisiana.---A branch of the Mississippi is seen winding through the Estate.---A low built, but extensive Planter's Dwelling, surrounded with a veranda, and raised a few feet from the ground, occupies theL. Scud. One morning dey swarmed on a sassafras tree in de swamp, and I cotched 'em all in a sieve.---dat's how dey come on top of dis yearth---git out, you,---ya, ya! Mrs. Pey. EnterPaul,R.U.E.,withIndian,who goes up. Ratts. why were you not my son---you are so like my dear husband. Ho! M'Closky. Am I late? Zoe. Hush! And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. O, none for me; I never eat. M'Closky. All night, as I fled through the cane-brake, I heard footsteps behind me. Jacob M'Closky, you shan't have that girl. Mr. Peyton, I presume you have hesitated to make this avowal because you feared, in the present condition of affairs here, your object might be misconstrued, and that your attention was rather to my fortune than myself. M'Closkyruns off,L.1. Scud. Not a bale. [Examines the ground.] Be the first to contribute! Scud. You thought you had cornered me, did ye? George. At college they said I was a fool---I must be. European, I suppose. Get out, you cub! We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. yes, plenty of 'em; bill of costs; account with Citizens' Bank---what's this? Be the first to contribute! Scud. The Octoroon (1913) - Quotes - IMDb Menu Edit The Octoroon (1913) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. Stan' back, I say I I'll nip the first that lays a finger on Him. Stand around and let me pass---room thar! Hold on a bit. And you killed him? [Searching him.] Scud. Pete. The word Octoroon signifies "one-eighth blood" or the child of a Quadroon by a white. Thar's Miss Dora---that girl's in love with you; yes, sir, her eyes are startin' out of her head with it; now her fortune would redeem a good part of this estate. I've seen it, I tell you; and darn it, ma'am, can't you see that's what's been a hollowing me out so---I beg your pardon. Scud. [1] Guess they nebber was born---dem tings! What's here? [Leads her forward---aside.] You are a white man; you'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin? Stop! Go and try it, if you've a mind to. for, darn me, if I can find out. [Calls off.] Whar's breakfass? George says he can "overcome the obstacle" (43), but Zoe protests that they cannot be together. den run to dat pine tree up dar [points,L.U.E.] and back agin, and den pull down de rag so, d'ye see? clar out! Scud. What? Scene.---The Wharf, The Steamer "Magnolia" alongside,L.;a bluff rock,R.U.E. Ratts*discovered, superintending the loading of ship. [Wahnotee*raises apron and runs off,*L.U.E.Paul*sits for his picture---M'Closkyappears from*R.U.E.]. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. Zoe. Scud. The Octoroons have no apparent trace of the Negro in their appearance but still are subject to the legal disabilities which attach them to the condition of blacks. Lynch him! Now's your time.---[Aloud.] The first lot on here is the estate in block, with its sugar-houses, stock, machines, implements, good dwelling-houses and furniture. Well, that has come out clear, ain't it? [*ExitM'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R.U.E. Scud. [Shouts heard,R.]. No, no! ya! It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. [Scudder*takes out watch.*]. A large table is in theC.,at back. What, on Terrebonne! Ha, ha! You ign'ant Injiun, it can't hurt you! Peyton.] Pete. [Raises hand to back of his neck.] [Opens desk.] Zoe. | Sitemap |. George. Dora. And I remained here to induce you to offer that heart to Dora! Lafouche. this old Liverpool debt---that may cross me---if it only arrive too late---if it don't come by this mail---Hold on! This is your own house; we are under your uncle's roof; recollect yourself. I shall see this estate pass from me without a sigh, for it possesses no charm for me; the wealth I covet is the love of those around me---eyes that are rich in fond looks, lips that breathe endearing words; the only estate I value is the heart of one true woman, and the slaves I'd have are her thoughts. Point. Scud. What was her name? Top Quadroon And Octoroon Quotes. O, my father! George. Two hundred and forty-nine times! The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. Well, he cut that for the photographing line. Zoe. Scud. I won't hear a word! George. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. you're looking well. George. [*Points down, and shows by pantomime how he buried*Paul.]. Pete, as you came here, did you pass Paul and the Indian with the letter-bags? [Advances.] Don't b'lieve dey'll turn out niggers when dey're growed; dey'll come out sunthin else. Not lawful---no---but I am going to where there is no law---where there is only justice. Do you know what the niggers round here call that sight? May Heaven bless him for the thought, bless him for the happiness he spread around my life. George---George---hush---they come! [Knocks.] No, the love I speak of is not such as you suppose,---it is a passion that has grown up here since I arrived; but it is a hopeless, mad, wild feeling, that must perish. Are they? The devil I am! Zoe. Haven't you worked like a horse? The murder is captured on Scudder's photographic apparatus. She is one-eighth black, the daughter of a "quadroon" slave woman, and is very. Why, Dora, what's the matter? Cora, educated in Britain, returns to her fathers plantation in Louisiana to explore the truth about her mother's. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. I must operate and take my own likeness too---how debbel I do dat? That's a challenge to begin a description of my feminine adventures. Glendon Swarthout, Never believe in any faith younger than you are." how can you say so? Let me be sold then, that I may free his name. [Aside.] George, do you see that hand you hold? Scud. Ratts. 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