Monologue

Jean Monologue from Miss Julie

From Miss Julie by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 53 sec

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For the last time--what do you mean? Shall I weep, shall I jump over your riding whip, shall I kiss you, lure you to Lake Como for three weeks, and then--what do you want anyway? This is getting tiresome. But that's the way it always is when you get mixed up in women's affairs. Miss Julie, I see that you are unhappy, I know that you suffer, but I can't understand you. Among my kind there is no nonsense of this sort; we love as we play when work gives us time. We haven't the whole day and night for it like you.

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Jean expresses his frustration and confusion over Miss Julie's emotional turmoil, highlighting the differences in their perspectives on love and relationships.

20s · confusion · love · identity · power · isolation

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