Monologue

Aunt Candace Monologue from WHITE DRESSES(A Tragedy of Negro Life)

From WHITE DRESSES(A Tragedy of Negro Life) by PAUL GREENE

female · melancholic · 1:22 min

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What you got agin Jim? Dey ain't no better nigger'n Jim. He's gwine treat you white, an' it's time you's gittin' married. I's done nussin' my fust chile at yo' age, my li'l Tom 'twas. Useter sing to 'im. Useter sing to 'im de sweetest kin' o' chunes, jes' lak you, honey, jes' lak you. He's done daid an' gone do'. All my babies is. De Marster he call an' tuck 'em. An' 'druther'n let 'em labor an' sweat below, he gi'n 'em a harp an' crown up dere. Tuck my ol' man from 'is toil an' trouble, too, an' I's left heah alone now. Ain't gwine be long do', ain't gwine be long. Yessuh, I wants you to git married, honey. I told you, an' told you. We's lived long enough by ourselves. I's lak to nuss yo' li'l uns an' sing to 'em fo' I go. Mind me o' de ol' times.

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Aunt Candace reflects on her past and the loss of her loved ones while urging a younger family member to embrace marriage and family, expressing her deep sense of longing and solitude.

60 and up · sadness · family · death · love · isolation

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