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| Character | Bill | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Angry, Scolding, Crying, Persuasive, Neurotic, Gives orders, Lamenting, Mocking | |
| Type | Serio-comic | |
| Year | 2002 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama, Crime | |
| Description | Who is the person responsible for this rabbit's death?? | |
| Details | 1 hr 54 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Set in New York in 1863, it is the story of Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young thief who returns to the "Five Points" area of New York where years before he witnessed the killing of his father in a gang war. The man who killed his father was Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day Lewis). As he comes back he joins The Butcher's gang and plans revenge..
His chance finally arrives when Bill "The Butcher" and his gang celebrate their victory at a local theater. Amsterdam pulls out a knife but he is too slow. The Butcher beats him, stabs him and almost kills him.
Amsterdam, however, recovers with the help of his girlfriend Jen. In retaliation and to defy The Butcher, he walks to the middle of Five Points and hangs a dead rabbit, which symbolizes his father's old gang, "The Dead Rabbits".
This monologue comes right after that as Bill "The Butcher" is given the rabbit and asks Happy Jack Mulraney (John C. Reilly), a corrupt cop of the neighborhood, to do something about it and punish the person who is responsible of the rabbit's death. The cop at first tells him that his job is to "uphold the law" and that is not his job, The Butcher has a neurotic reaction when he cries for the rabbit, mocks the cop and orders him to do something about it.
This is a dialogue between "The Butcher" and the cop but can be played as a monologue.
His chance finally arrives when Bill "The Butcher" and his gang celebrate their victory at a local theater. Amsterdam pulls out a knife but he is too slow. The Butcher beats him, stabs him and almost kills him.
Amsterdam, however, recovers with the help of his girlfriend Jen. In retaliation and to defy The Butcher, he walks to the middle of Five Points and hangs a dead rabbit, which symbolizes his father's old gang, "The Dead Rabbits".
This monologue comes right after that as Bill "The Butcher" is given the rabbit and asks Happy Jack Mulraney (John C. Reilly), a corrupt cop of the neighborhood, to do something about it and punish the person who is responsible of the rabbit's death. The cop at first tells him that his job is to "uphold the law" and that is not his job, The Butcher has a neurotic reaction when he cries for the rabbit, mocks the cop and orders him to do something about it.
This is a dialogue between "The Butcher" and the cop but can be played as a monologue.
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| "THE BUTCHER": "That's a sorry looking pelt...and it's been so nice and quiet for the last three months. Tell me, this charge, doesn't it sit uneasy with you?......(exhales neurotically and puts his hands together in prayer)....so when you say that your job is to "uphold the law", what in heaven's name are you talking about? You may have misgivings, but don't go believing that, Jack. That way lies damnation. Here's the thing...I don't give a tuppenny fuck about your moral conundrum, you meat-headed shitsack. That's more or less the thing. And I want you to go out there---you, nobody else, none of your little minions--I want you to go out there....and I want you...(fakes crying).....to punish....(sniffles) the person...who's responsible....(sobs) for murdering this poor little rabbit...(sobs)......is that understood? Help yourself to some decent meat on the way out." |
