Monologue

Willmer Monologue from Easter

From Easter by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 1:27 min

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There, there, good friends! No, but, dear friends--Bertha, control yourself. (He gives her a look which she tries to make out.) BERTHA (Changing). Axel, let's be friends! And hear me a moment. Do you think that my position in your house--for it is yours--is agreeable to me? You support me, you pay for my studying at Julian's, while you yourself cannot afford instruction. Don't you think I see how you sit and wear out yourself and your talent on these pot-boiling drawings, and are able to paint only in leisure moments? You haven't been able to afford models for yourself, while you pay mine five hard-earned francs an hour. You don't know how good--how noble--how sacrificing you are, and also you don't know how I suffer to see you toil so for me. Oh, Axel, you can't know how I feel my position. What am I to you? Of what use am I in your house? Oh, I blush when I think about it!

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Willmer expresses his deep emotional turmoil and guilt over the sacrifices made by Axel for his education, highlighting the imbalance in their relationship and the burden of gratitude he feels.

20s · sadness · sacrifice · identity · power · love

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