The Elephant Man/Tear Jerker


Tear Jerkers in The Elephant Man include:

  • Any scene in The Elephant Man that involves people being mean to Merrick. Especially the stuff in Europe.
  • "I used to read The Bible every day, I know it very well -- the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. The twenty-third psalm is very beautiful -- it's my favorite." "Why didn't you tell me you could read?" "You did not ask me... You wanted me to speak, but I was afraid."
  • Merrick's last sleep, with "Adagio for strings" and beautiful monologue (from Tennyson's poem): "Never, oh! never, nothing will die. The stream flows, The wind blows, The cloud fleets, The heart beats. Nothing will die.".


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