I fear so. ORM . Come, Gunlöd, and empty this sacred horn to Odin who saved your father from shipwreck. THORFINN . Drink, Gunlöd. GUNLÖD. Hear me, father. I am a Christian. Do with me what you will--my soul you cannot destroy. God and the Saints will protect it. GUNLÖD. No! I won't go. I must speak that you, my father, may not go to the grave with a lie--for your whole life has been a lie! I shall sacrifice the child's respect--love I have never felt--and prove to you what terrible guilt you have gathered on your head. Know then, you have taught me to hate--for when did you ever give me love--you taught me to fear the great Erl Thorfinn and you have succeeded, because I tremble before your harshness. I respect your many scars and great deeds, but you never taught me to love my father. You always thrust me away when I wanted to come to you--you poisoned my soul and now you see God's punishment. You have made me a criminal--for such I am at this moment, but it cannot be otherwise. Why do you hate my belief? Because it is love and yours is hate! Oh, father, father, I want to kiss the clouds from your brow. I wanted to caress your white locks and make you forget the sorrows that whitened them. I wanted to support you when your steps began to falter--Oh! forget what I have said--open your arms and take me to your heart. Look at me tenderly--just once before it is too late. Speak one word-- Oh, your glance freezes me! You will not! I shall pray for power to love you.

Thorfinn Monologue from The Outlaw

Rehearse Thorfinn's monologue