Monologue

Stranger Monologue from To Damascus

From To Damascus by August Strindberg

male · philosophical · 54 sec

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I think so, too! For the whole of life consists of nothing but contradictions. The rich are the poor in spirit; the many little men hold the power, and the great only serve the little men. I've never met such proud people as the humble; I've never met an uneducated man who didn't believe himself in a position to criticise learning and to do without it. I've found the unpleasantest of deadly sins amongst the Saints: I mean self-complacency. In my youth I was a saint myself; but I've never been so worthless as I was then. The better I thought myself, the worse I became.

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The Stranger reflects on the paradoxes of life and the nature of self-perception, revealing a deep sense of disillusionment with societal values and personal identity.

30s · confusion · identity · power · self-complacency · contradiction

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