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| Character | Michael O'Hara | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Mocking, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1947 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Thriller, Noir, Crime, Adventure | |
| Description | Michael O'Hara shark monologue | |
| Details | 30 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Michael O'Hara is a seaman who, infatuated with Mrs. Bannister, accepts a job on a boat with a group of shady people and gets framed in a bizarre murder plot. In this monologue Michael O'Hara is addressing the people on the boat
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| MICHAEL: "Do you know once, off the hump of Brazil, I saw the ocean so darkened with blood it was black, and the sun fainting away over the lip of the sky...We'd put in at Fortaleza and a few of us had lines out for a bit of idle fishing. It was me who had the first strike. A shark it was. Then there was another. And another shark again. Till all about, the sea was made of sharks...and more sharks still. And no water at all. My shark had torn himself from the hook and the scent or maybe the stain it was...and him bleeding his life away...drove the rest of them mad. Then the beasts took to eating each other. In their frenzy...they ate at themselves. You could feel the lust of murder like a wind stinging your eyes. And you could smell the death reeking up out of the sea. I never saw anything worse...until this little picnic tonight. And you know....there wasn't one of them sharks in the whole crazy pack that survived. I'll be leaving you now.... |
