Monologue

Lady Monologue from To Damascus

From To Damascus by August Strindberg

female · defiant · 1:03 min

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Not now. Later perhaps. Since I've got to know your terrible book--I've only glanced at it, only read a few lines here and there--I feel as if I'd eaten of the tree of knowledge. My eyes are opened and I know what's good and what's evil, as I've never known before. And now I see how evil you are, and why I am to be called Eve. She was a mother and brought sin into the world: it was another mother who brought expiation. The curse of mankind was called down on us by the first, a blessing by the second. In me you shall not destroy my whole sex. Perhaps I have a different mission in your life. We shall see!

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Lady confronts the implications of knowledge and her role in a patriarchal narrative, asserting her strength and potential for change.

30s · determination · identity · power · redemption · feminism

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