Valgerd Monologue from The Outlaw

From The Outlaw by August Strindberg

female · anguished · 1:11 min

. You struck me, Thorfinn--I swore revenge--I shall humble you with a kind deed. GUNLÖD . Thanks, mother. VALGERD . Haven't you gone-- GUNLÖD. Now I shall go. VALGERD . You shout for help, you mighty man, who always helped yourself. Where is now your might--where is your kingdom-- Oh, he will perish! What shall I do? Pray? To whom? Odin? Njard? Ogir? I have called to them for four times ten years, but never have they answered. I have sacrificed, but never have they helped. Thou, God, however you may be called--Thou mighty one, who bids the sun to rise and set, thou tremendous one who rules over the winds and water--to you will I pray, to you will I sacrifice my revenge if you will save him.

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