Captain Monologue from The Father

From The Father by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 50 sec

None whatever. She has sold her birthright by a legal transaction, and forfeited her rights in return for the man's responsibility of caring for her and her children. (LAURA: That is to say she has no rights concerning her child.) No, none at all. When once one has sold one's goods, one cannot have them back and still keep the money. (LAURA: But if both father and mother should agree?) Do you think that could ever happen? I want her to live in town, you want her to stay at home. The arithmetical result would be that she remain at the railway station midway between train and home. This is a knot that cannot be untied, you see.

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