Monologue

Dr Monologue from Easter

From Easter by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 1:08 min

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OeSTERMARK. I don't think it would amuse you to know that she was ugly, narrow, paltry, and that I was too good for her! Think now, you tender-hearted, sensitive Bertha, think if they really had been my daughters, these friends of yours and Carl's; imagine how my old heart would have been gladdened to see, after eighteen years, these children that I had borne in my arms during the long night of illness. And imagine if she, my first love, my wife, with whom life the first time became life, had accepted your invitation and come here? What a fifth act in the melodrama you wished to offer us, what a noble revenge on one who is guiltless! Thanks, old friend. Thank you for your reward for the friendship I have shown you.

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Dr. OeSTERMARK reflects on lost love and the pain of missed opportunities, expressing bitterness towards a friend while grappling with deep emotional wounds from his past.

40s · sadness · love · family · betrayal · revenge

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