Monologue

Captain Monologue from The Father

From The Father by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 56 sec

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That's just what makes it so horrible. If at least there were any grounds for them, it would be something to get hold of, to cling to. Now there are only shadows that hide themselves in the bushes, and stick out their heads and grin; it is like fighting with the air, or firing blank cartridges in a sham fight. A fatal reality would have called forth resistance, stirred life and soul to action; but now my thoughts dissolve into air, and my brain grinds a void until it is on fire.--Put a pillow under my head, and throw something over me, I am cold. I am terribly cold!

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The Captain expresses his profound sense of emptiness and confusion, feeling cold and lost in a reality that seems intangible and elusive.

40s · despair · madness · isolation · identity

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