You nasty, lying Injiun! Wahnotee? Git away dere! 'Tain't you he has injured, 'tis the white man, whose laws he has offended. George. Lynch him! Ratts. Dido. Jackson, I want to get to Ophelensis to-night. Zoe. I am his love---he loves an Octoroon. [Returning with rifle.] [Pete goes down.] Wahnote*swims on---finds trail---follows him. Zoe. No; if you were I'd buy you, if you cost all I'm worth. [Calls off.] Pete. that he isn't to go on fooling in his slow---. Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. The Octoroon (1913) - Quotes - IMDb Menu Edit The Octoroon (1913) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. Thib. Point. Scud. Dora. 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. Why not! George, O, forgive me! Buy me, Mas'r Ratts, do buy me, sar? No, it ain't; because, just then, what does the judge do, but hire another overseer---a Yankee---a Yankee named Salem Scudder. Zoe. Dion Boucicault. I must launch my dug-out, and put for the bay, and in a few hours I shall be safe from pursuit on board of one of the coasting schooners that run from Galveston to Matagorda. He don't understand; he speaks a mash-up of Indian and Mexican. Would you now? 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. Ratts. Mrs. P.Why, George, I never suspected this! Well, he has the oddest way of making love. Take that, and defend yourself. Peyton.] When Dion Boucicault's tragedy The Octoroon (set on a southern plantation) opened in December of 1859, many viewed the play as sectional propaganda; there was widespread disagreement, however, concerning the side for which the play argued. Whar's de coffee? Dora. Five hundred dollars!---[*To*Thibodeaux.] George. O, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? Bah! Subject to your life interest and an annuity to Zoe, is it not so? George. is this true?---no, it ain't---darn it, say it ain't. What, Zoe! Scud. He's yours, Mr. George Peyton. ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. Dora. Dora. Scud. Coventry Patmore, if a man has no stability when you meet him, you may want to stay clear of him. [Reading bill.] Zoe. The conflict centers around Zoe, "the Octoroon", a term used at the time to describe a person who was 1/8 African, 7/8 Caucasian. So it is here, in the wilds of the West, where our hatred of crime is measured by the speed of our executions---where necessity is law! Zoe, must we immolate our lives on her prejudice? Sunnyside, how good you are; so like my poor Peyton. My love? I must operate and take my own likeness too---how debbel I do dat? Sunny. It ain't our sile, I believe, rightly; but Nature has said that where the white man sets his foot, the red man and the black man shall up sticks and stand around. O, Mas'r Scudder, he didn't cry zackly; both ob his eyes and cheek look like de bad Bayou in low season---so dry dat I cry for him. why don't you do it? Mrs. P.So, Pete, you are spoiling those children as usual! Not a bale. Scud. [Conceals himself.]. You be darned! Letters! To-morrow they'll bloom the same---all will be here as now, and I shall be cold. They don't seem to be scared by the threat. Scud. Come, Zoe, don't be a fool; I'd marry you if I could, but you know I can't; so just say what you want. Mrs. P.You are out early this morning, George. [Reads.] Dora. Let me proceed by illustration. Now don't stir. He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. Zoe. You know you can't be jealous of a poor creature like me. [Dora*gets water.] Pete. 'Top; you look, you Wahnotee; you see dis rag, eh? Mrs. P.She need not keep us waiting breakfast, though. I thought none but colored people worked. Important Quotes. George. The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. Excuse me, I'll light a cigar. Point. [Offers hand,Georgebows coldly,R. C.] [aside.] [Music. Zoe, listen to me, then. I see we are just in time for breakfast. I'd give half the balance of my life to wipe out my part of the work. Who's you to set up screching?---be quiet! Paul. George. O, why did he speak to me at all then? what are you blowing about like a steamboat with one wheel for? Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. Paul. Pete. Pete. George. Hee! Pete. Scud. Where's that man from Mobile that wanted to give one hundred and eighty thousand? Is your heart free? Dat you drink is fust rate for red fever. I'm writing about America's relationship to its own history. Point. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. He's too fond of thieving and whiskey. I left my loves and my creditors equally inconsolable. If there is no bid for the estate and stuff, we'll sell it in smaller lots. Jackson. Each word you utter makes my love sink deeper into my heart. Gen'l'men, my colored frens and ladies, dar's mighty bad news gone round. look at these fingers; do you see the nails are of a bluish tinge? Dora, I once made you weep; those were the only tears I caused any body. No, ma'am, I worked like an ass---an honest one, and that's all. Dora. What say ye, gentlemen? George is courted by the rich Southern belle heiress Dora Sunnyside, but he finds himself falling in love with Zoe, the daughter of his uncle through one of the slaves. What you's gwine to do, missey? Do you think they would live here on such terms? George. The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. [Re-enters from boat.] 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. Will ye? I will! [Draws knife.] Zoe. Dora. All hands aboard there---cut the starn ropes---give her headway! Why should I refer the blame to her? [Going.]. Come, form a court then, choose a jury---we'll fix this varmin. Fire!---one, two, three. Mrs. P.Why didn't you mention this before? What was her past? Ivan Glasenberg, Very few things hurt my young ego more than an Asian female openly shaming me for my Asian-ness. Frank Capra, If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. George, you may without a blush confess your love for the Octoroon! Hush! Make an argument for each side of the slavery argument here, analyzing how the play could be read as both anti- and pro-slavery. Come on, Pete, we shan't reach the house before midday. Be the first to contribute! I will dine on oysters and palomitas and wash them down with white wine. side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. Scud. I love one who is here, and he loves me---George. Paul. Jacob, your accuser is that picter of the crime---let that speak---defend yourself. George. Mrs. P.Terrebonne for sale, and you, sir, will doubtless become its purchaser. My love! The Injiun means that he buried him there! [Aside.] Hello, Pete, I never heard of that affair. drop dat banana! I suppose I shall go before long, and I wished to visit all the places, once again, to see the poor people. What, sar! Now, den, if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold, she'll begin screechin' like a cat. I see it in your face. Pete. [Speaking in his ear-trumpet.] [Shouts heard,R.]. I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Just as McClosky points out the blood on Wahnotee's tomahawk, the oldest slave, Pete, comes to give them the photographic plate which has captured McClosky's deed. Zoe. [Darts between them.] ah! Zoe is your child by a quadroon slave, and you didn't free her; blood! [*ExitScudderand*Mrs. Peyton,R.U.E. George. George. Then I will go to the Red Light or the Monte Carlo and dance the floor afire. Jacob McClosky, the man who ruined Judge Peyton, has come to inform George and his aunt (who was bequeathed a life interest in the estate) that their land will be sold and their slaves auctioned off separately. you stan' dar, I see you Ta demine usti. Gentlemen, we are all acquainted with the circumstances of this girl's position, and I feel sure that no one here will oppose the family who desires to redeem the child of our esteemed and noble friend, the late Judge Peyton. he does not know, he does not know! Say, Mas'r Scudder, s'pose we go in round by de quarters and raise de darkies, den dey cum long wid us, and we 'proach dat ole house like Gin'ral Jackson when he took London out dar. Pete. I'll sweep these Peytons from this section of the country. How to End "The Octoroon", John A. Degen, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Octoroon&oldid=1114317331, This page was last edited on 5 October 2022, at 22:08. Dido. Beat that any of ye. Hello! [C.] My dear aunt, why do you not move from this painful scene? I---my mother was---no, no---not her! here's Mas'r Sunnyside, and Missey Dora, jist drov up. Every word of it, Squire. I say---he smoke and smoke, but nebber look out ob de fire; well knowing dem critters, I wait a long time---den he say, "Wahnotee, great chief;" den I say nothing---smoke anoder time---last, rising to go, he turn round at door, and say berry low---O, like a woman's voice, he say, "Omenee Pangeuk,"---dat is, Paul is dead---nebber see him since. Sunny. I heard voices. One hundred thousand bid for this mag---. Grace. here's a bit of leather; [draws out mail-bags] the mail-bags that were lost! Yes, near the quick there is a faint blue mark. [Looks through camera] O, golly! you're looking well. Jackson. *] Whenever I gets into company like yours, I always start with the advantage on my side. Zoe, what have I said to wound you? [Opens desk.] And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it. Take my shawl, Zoe. All night, as I fled through the cane-brake, I heard footsteps behind me. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. this old Liverpool debt---that may cross me---if it only arrive too late---if it don't come by this mail---Hold on! And so you really kept those foolish letters? Has not my dear aunt forgotten it---she who had the most right to remember it? Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. [Pause.] Hooraw! Says he'll go if I'll go with him. O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! Scud. I appeal against your usurped authority. Scud. 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. don't think too hardly of your poor father. "No. No, [looks off,R.] 'tis Pete and the servants---they come this way. Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. I deserve to be a nigger this day---I feel like one, inside. "When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. Quotations by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American Playwright, Born December 29, 1984. [Sitting,R. C.] A pretty mess you've got this estate in---. [Scandalized.] Dora. Paul. how can you say so? Closky tue Paul---kill de child with your tomahawk dar; 'twasn't you, no---ole Pete allus say so. Dat wakes him up. I left it last night all safe. No; but I loved you so, I could not bear my fate; and then I stood your heart and hers. Hillo! I won't go on; that man's down. [Knocks.] | Privacy Policy For a year or two all went fine. Be calm---darn the things; the proceeds of this sale won't cover the debts of the estate. Ratts. Scud. It ain't necessary for me to dilate, describe, or enumerate; Terrebonne is known to you as one of the richest bits of sile in Louisiana, and its condition reflects credit on them as had to keep it. Poor little Paul! The world, Zoe, the free struggle of minds and hands, if before me; the education bestowed on me by my dear uncle is a noble heritage which no sheriff can seize; with that I can build up a fortune, spread a roof over the heads I love, and place before them the food I have earned; I will work---. You! Hold on a bit. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks This is folly, Dora. "No. George. Paul's best friend, the Indian Wahnotee, discovers Paul's body; he can speak only poor English, however, and is unable to communicate the tragedy to anyone else. you bomn'ble fry---git out---a gen'leman can't pass for you. Traduced! that'll save her. Scud. I brought half this ruin on this family, with my all-fired improvements. [*Gives her coffee-pot to hold, and hobbles off, followed bySolonand*Dido,R.U.E.], Sunny. I will be thirty years old again in thirty seconds. Lynch him! To Jacob M'Closky, the Octoroon girl, Zoe, twenty-five thousand dollars. 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