Monologue

Gunnar Monologue from The Outlaw

From The Outlaw by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 59 sec

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You surrender your love, Gunlöd. GUNLÖD. Love!--I remember--there was a maiden--she had a friend who went away--after, she was never again glad--she only sat sewing silk and gold--what she was making no one knew--and when they asked her she would only weep. And when they asked her why she wept, she never answered--only wept. She grew pale of cheek and her mother made ready her shroud.--Then there came an old woman and she said it was love. Gunnar,--I never wept when you went away as father says it is weak to shed tears; I never sewed silk and gold for that my mother has never taught me to do--then had I not love?

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Gunnar reflects on love and loss, expressing his feelings about a past relationship and the emotional turmoil it has caused him.

20s · sadness · love · loss · identity · family

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