Captain Monologue from The Father

From The Father by August Strindberg

male · defiant · 44 sec

I know that she wishes to go away from home, but I know also that you possess the power of changing her mind to suit your pleasure. (LAURA: Oh, am I really so powerful?) Yes, you have a fiendish power of getting your own way; but so has anyone who does not scruple about, the way it is accomplished. How did you get Doctor Norling away, for instance, and how did you get this new doctor here? (LAURA: Yes, how did I manage that?) You insulted the other one so much that he left, and made your brother recommend this fellow.

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