Monologue

Stranger Monologue from To Damascus

From To Damascus by August Strindberg

any · defiant · 32 sec

But I'll not yield to the inevitable. Rather than that we should lacerate each other I'll gash myself as a sacrifice to the gods. I'll take the blame upon me; declare it was I who taught you to break your chains. I who tempted you! Then you can lay all the blame on me: for what I did, and what happened after.

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