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Marie
The drum major is Marie’s lover, though the play only implies that they have consummated their illicit affair. A handsome and self-important man, the drum major’s higher rank and middle-class status imbues him with a vitality and confidence that Woyzeck lacks. Woyzeck begins to suspect Marie’s infidelity after he catches her wearing a pair of earrings the drum major has given her, and his suspicion grows after he spots the couple dancing together at the inn.
Drum Major Quotes in Woyzeck
The Woyzeck quotes below are all either spoken by Drum Major or refer to Drum Major. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Scene 3
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DRUM MAJOR. Hold it. Did you see her? What a woman.
SERGEANT. By the devil, you could foal a cavalry regiment out of her.
DRUM MAJOR. And breed Drum Majors.
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Scene 5
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Our kind have only this one corner in the whole world and a little bit of broken mirror, and yet my lips are as red as any madam’s with her mirrors from floor to ceiling and fine gentlemen to kiss her hand. And I’m just a poor girl.
Aren’t I a bad girl? I could stab myself. What a world. We’re all going to Hell, man and woman.
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Scene 8
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Woman! No, there has to be something about you. Everyone is an abyss. You get dizzy when you look down. Maybe. She walks like innocence. Well, Innocence, you have a mark on you. Do I know? Do I know? Who knows?
Scene 10
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He runs through the world like an open razor, you could cut yourself on him.
Scene 13
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Eh? What do you say? Louder, louder! Stab? Stab the she wolf dead. Stab, stab the she wolf dead. Shall I? Must I? Do I hear it up there too? Is the wind saying it? I can hear it on and on, on and on. Stab her dead, dead!
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Scene 16
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One thing after another.
Scene 19
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Everything is dead. Saviour, saviour! If only I could anoint your feet!
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Drum Major Quotes in Woyzeck
The Woyzeck quotes below are all either spoken by Drum Major or refer to Drum Major. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Scene 3
Quotes
DRUM MAJOR. Hold it. Did you see her? What a woman.
SERGEANT. By the devil, you could foal a cavalry regiment out of her.
DRUM MAJOR. And breed Drum Majors.
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Scene 5
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Our kind have only this one corner in the whole world and a little bit of broken mirror, and yet my lips are as red as any madam’s with her mirrors from floor to ceiling and fine gentlemen to kiss her hand. And I’m just a poor girl.
Aren’t I a bad girl? I could stab myself. What a world. We’re all going to Hell, man and woman.
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Scene 8
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Woman! No, there has to be something about you. Everyone is an abyss. You get dizzy when you look down. Maybe. She walks like innocence. Well, Innocence, you have a mark on you. Do I know? Do I know? Who knows?
Scene 10
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He runs through the world like an open razor, you could cut yourself on him.
Scene 13
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Eh? What do you say? Louder, louder! Stab? Stab the she wolf dead. Stab, stab the she wolf dead. Shall I? Must I? Do I hear it up there too? Is the wind saying it? I can hear it on and on, on and on. Stab her dead, dead!
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Scene 16
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One thing after another.
Scene 19
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Everything is dead. Saviour, saviour! If only I could anoint your feet!
