Monologue

Alice Monologue from The Harlequinade: An Excursion

From The Harlequinade: An Excursion by Dion Clayton Calthrop

female · philosophical · 1:43 min

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Well, I like blue. She's a restless adventurous person, and she's always running away from the other gods. For you see the Soul has need of human love, and, of course, gods that are nothing but gods can't appreciate that. Now when she gets to earth her wings drop off. And when she tries to get back to the gods, she can't until she finds another love as great as hers. For two souls that love become more than human; and when their earthly course is run (as Doctor Watts says), it gives them wings again, and back they can fly. (UNCLE EDWARD: Pretty.) But... to resume. Mercury, who used to spend weekends in Athens and Corinth and those places, was sent to try and find her. Mercury has to get old Charon, who is the ferryman for rowing souls over the Styx... which is a river all the dead have to cross... and my aunt, who's dead and full of fun... oh, I'm sure she still is full of fun... always said it was the most interesting place in spiritual geography. (UNCLE EDWARD: Steady! Steady!) You told me she said so.

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20s · longing · love · death · identity · freedom

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