Monologue

Axel Monologue from Easter

From Easter by August Strindberg

male · defiant · 56 sec

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I'll have to think about that. You see our feeling toward you women has never been critical--we've taken you as a matter of course, and so I've never thought about our relations as against each other. Now when the shoe pinches, it strikes me that we are not comrades, for this experience makes me feel that you women do not belong here. A comrade is a more or less loyal competitor; we are enemies. You women have been lying down in the rear while we attacked the enemy. And now, when we have set and supplied the table, you pounce down upon it as if you were in your own home!

About this piece

Axel expresses his frustration and resentment towards women, feeling that they have not contributed equally in the struggles faced by men, leading to a sense of betrayal and isolation.

30s · anger · power · identity · betrayal · isolation

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