Monologue

Hedvig Monologue from The Wild Duck

From The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen

female · contemplative · 1:21 min

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And then there’s an old bureau, with drawers and flaps, and a big clock with figures that can come out. But the clock doesn’t go now. (GREGERS: So time has stood still--in there with the wild duck.) Yes. And then there’s an old paint-box and so forth; and then all the books. (GREGERS: And I suppose you like reading the books?) Oh, yes, when I can get time. But most of them are English, and I don’t understand it. But then I look at the pictures. There’s one great book, called “Harryson’s History of London;” it must be a hundred years old; and there are such an enormous lot of pictures in it. On the front page there’s a picture of Death with an hour-glass, and a young girl. I think that’s horrid. But then there are all the other pictures of churches and palaces, and streets, and great ships sailing on the sea.

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Hedvig reflects on her experiences with books and their illustrations, expressing a mix of fascination and discomfort with the themes of death and the world around her.

teens · confusion · death · identity · isolation · innocence

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