Monologue

Lady Monologue from To Damascus

From To Damascus by August Strindberg

female · anguished · 1:04 min

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In the monastery? No, don't leave me. Bear me company. I'm so alone in the world and so poor, so poor! When the child died, my mother turned me out, and ever since I've been living in an attic with a dressmaker. At first she was kind and pleasant, but then the lonely evenings got too long for her, and she went out in search of company--so we parted. Now I'm on the road, and I've nothing but the clothes I'm wearing; nothing but my grief. I eat it and drink it; it nourishes me and sends me to sleep. I'd rather lose anything in the world than that! (The STRANGER weeps.) You're weeping. You! Let me kiss your eyelids.

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The character, feeling abandoned and alone after a series of personal losses, pleads for companionship and expresses her deep sorrow and isolation.

30s · sadness · isolation · loss · grief · identity

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