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Robert, the youngest son of Colonel Tom Norwood and his housekeeper Cora, has spent the day causing trouble. He argued with a white woman in town, drove Norwood’s car recklessly, and used the front door of the house, all the while claiming that he is Norwood’s son. However, the Colonel refuses to acknowledge Robert as his child, and in the ensuing conversation, tensions boil over into deadly rage.
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Norwood: But I want to know what’s the matter with you--whether you’re crazy or not. In that case, you’ll have to be locked up. And if you aren’t, you’ll have to change your ways a damn sight or it won’t be safe for you here, and you know it--venting your impudence on white women, parking the car in front of my door, driving like mad through the Junction, and going, everywhere, just as you please. Now, I’m going to let you talk to me, but I want you to talk right.
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Robert: (Hysterically as he takes his father by the throat) Why don’t you shoot, papa? (Norwood’s hands claw the air helplessly. Robert chokes the struggling white man until his body grows limp.) Why don’t you shoot! Why don’t you shoot? Huh? Why?
For full extended scene, please refer to the script edition cited here: Langston Hughes, Mulatto in Five Plays by Langston Hughes, Indiana University Press, 1963. pp.22-24.
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