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Stranger Monologue from To Damascus

From To Damascus by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 1:00 min

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No. It chafes me. And so does the coat. If it weren't that I wanted to please you, I'd have thrown them all into the river. When I walk here in the neighbourhood, do you know that people call me the doctor? They must take me for your husband, the werewolf. And I'm unlucky. If I ask who planted some tree: they say, the doctor. If I ask to whom the green fish basket belongs: they say, the doctor. And if it isn't his then it belongs to the doctor's wife. That is, to you! This confusion between him and me makes my visit unbearable. I'd like to go away....

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The Stranger expresses his frustration over being mistaken for the doctor, feeling trapped in a confusing identity that alienates him from his surroundings.

30s · confusion · identity · isolation · power

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