Monologue

Jean Monologue from The Father

From The Father by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 1:27 min

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And so I am! For I can make you a countess and you could never make me a count. (JULIE: But I am born of a count, that you can never be.) That is true, but I can be the father of counts--if-- (JULIE: But you are a thief--that I am not.) There are worse things than that, and for that matter when I serve in a house I regard myself as a member of the family, a child of the house as it were. And one doesn't consider it theft if children snoop a berry from full bushes. (With renewed passion). Miss Julie, you are a glorious woman--too good for such as I. You have been the victim of an infatuation and you want to disguise this fault by fancying that you love me. But you do not--unless perhaps my outer self attracts you. And then your love is no better than mine. But I cannot be satisfied with that, and your real love I can never awaken.

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20s · longing · love · identity · power · betrayal

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