Alma Monologue from Such is Life: A Play in Five Acts

From Such is Life: A Play in Five Acts by Frank Wedekind

female · defiant · 1:07 min

((Springing up.)) I can, however! ((She steps upon the stage.)) As you see me now, I am a woman, decked with all the charms To fan your kingly thoughts into a blaze! The flower of innocence remains unplucked To gratify you with its purity. Groaning beneath the weight of majesty, With sublime chastity your wedded bride, You yet may enter Pleasure's magic path. Be ruler! Learn to blush as other men, And do not join the devil's league with death, In profanation of creation's work. 'Tis fit the hero and the anchorite Should pray with deep humility to God To sanctify and make them holy beings. Before the Lord shall call you to himself May not some earthly bliss be yours by right; Do you not fear to come from Egypt Land Without a good view of the pyramids!

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