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And you’re angry. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. However, we have dozens of other monologues that you can read.

Oleanna is a controversial work of art which holds at its heart the assumption that people in general—regardless of gender—are power-hungry, covetous, and cruel. So deeply that, that any atmosphere of free discussion is impossible. John, a forty-something professor trying to make tenure, offers her an A in the class on the condition that she will visit him diligently and let him teach her everything he knows about the subject.

Or even if it is unfortunate but necessary for us, then, by God, so must it be for you. It’s not unlikely.

What has led you to this place?

Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. And endured humiliations I pray that you and those you love never will encounter. What I say is right. To deviate.

(pause) Overcame prejudices.

To buy, to spend, to mock, to summon. That is what my lawyer said. Carol drops by her professor's office to gain his help with her classwork while John the professor, is in the midst of buying a house to celebrate his nomination for tenure.

The lyrics to “Oleanna” satirize a dream of a beautiful, plentiful utopian settlement. Origins.

and to overlook it is to countenance continuation of that method of thought. YOUR OWN ACTIONS. CAROL: Why do you hate me? The play begins with John, a college professor, talking on the phone in his office while Carol, his student, sits across the desk from him. What it is to be subject to that power.

By, say, one low grade, that keeps us out of graduate school; by one, say, one capricious or inventive answer on our parts, which, perhaps, you don t find amusing. Character: Carol is an insecure and naive college student.

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Why should I…?

John knows that this incident will, at the very least, kill any chance he has at making tenure -- it may ruin his livelihood entirely, and even deprive him of his freedom. They’re going to discharge you. To embrace your students.

I WANT UNDERSTANDING. Home » Monologues » ‘Oleanna’ (Carol): “Why do you hate me?”. That you are guilty, that you are found wanting, and in error; and are not, for the reasons so-told, to be given tenure. Both his writing and his speaking traffic heavily in academic jargon, making tangentially relevant historical references and using words that Carol cannot understand. To deny that. Disclaimer: Daily Actor at times uses affiliate links to sites like Amazon.com, Masterclass, streaming services, and others. Plays which feature an examination of moral decay at the heart of society stretch back through time all the way to ancient Greece—Euripides’s Medea and Aeschylus’s Agamemnon feature characters, male and female, … What do you want? New York, NY, Twelve Angry Men Oleanna -Carol.

You write that education is just hazing. Who have weighed the testimony and the evidence, and have ruled, do you see?

And you speak of the tenure committee, one of whose member is a women as you know. And treat it as such, you treat it as such.

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Struggling with distance learning? Power. Type: Dramaticeval(ez_write_tag([[468,60],'dailyactor_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_7',156,'0','0'])); Character: Carol is an insecure and naive college student. And if you possess one ounce of that inner honesty you describe in your book, you can look in yourself and see those things that I see.

Carol is an insecure and naive college student. And you sit there, and you tell me stories. However, we have dozens of other monologues that you can read.

Do you know what you’ve worked for? By their second meeting, Carol has decided John sexually harassed her, and their conversation dissects the first. Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on David Mamet's Oleanna. She's also, at times, conniving and determined.

When the play opens, he is in the process of being granted tenure and, as a result, is about to purchase a new house for his family. You want me to recant. She says that she is unable to understand the material and that John uses language that makes her feel unintelligent. And ask me to understand that you have aspirations too. ‘The Crown’ Casting Director Nina Gold on Discovering Talent and Promoting Diversity, ‘Succession’ Star Jeremy Strong: “It feels like a miracle that I am prepared enough each time I walk on set”, Don Cheadle on Playing “Dark Characters” and Why Actors Need to Practice Self-Care, Laura Harrier Recalls Her Audition for Spike Lee’s ‘BlackKklansman’, Jeremy Pope on His Audition for Ryan Murphy’s ‘Hollywood’, Movie Review: Sofia Coppola’s ‘On the Rocks’. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof."

In our tests, in our class rankings Is it unfair? Among living playwrights in America, Neil Simon remains one of the most popular, and this particular monologue from this play is an especially popular choice among female performers that are preparing for an audition. Economic, sexual, you cannot begin to imagine.

To grant this.

Finally, the Oleanna script is here for all you fans of the David Mamet movie featuring William H. Macy.

To pursue that same dream of security you pursue.

Age Range: 20's. Mamet adapted his play into a 1994 film of the same name

We, who, who are, at any moment, in danger of being deprived of it.