Monologue

Mr X Monologue from Easter

From Easter by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 59 sec

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Well, then, of course you can't understand how it feels to have unpaid bills come in. The rent owing--the landlord clamoring--and my wife in despair. And I, I sitting up to my elbows in gold. Here is six thousand crowns' worth of gold that I've dug up in two weeks. This bracelet alone would bring the three hundred and fifty crowns I need. And with all of it I should be able to make a brilliant career for myself. The first thing I should do would be to have drawings made and cuts of the figures for my treatises. After that I would print--and then clear out. Why do you suppose I don't do this?

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Mr. X is overwhelmed by financial pressures and the emotional toll it takes on his family, despite having recently acquired a fortune in gold.

30s · despair · ambition · family · financial struggle

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