The Fall of the House of Usher
By Gippe Hoppe
Based on the Story by Edgar Allan PoeMadeline is mentally ill. In this monologue, she is talking to her brother Roderick.
MADELINE:
Roderick? I can't dream. I don't dream anymore. We would dream so vividly, Roderick. Do you remember the way we would dream together? I would have trouble telling them from the real thing. I would give anything for that feeling again. Some of them were horrible... oh, God... some of them were nightmares... but they were just dreams. And because they were dreams... and because we were together... always together... they didn't scare me. Isn't that right? You were always there with me... weren't you? During those dreams? We were dreaming together. I wasn't alone. I wasn't in control. Sometimes, it all mixes together... and I have trouble remembering what were the dreams.. and what were the things that really happened. Isn't that funny?(Suddenly she becomes very angry for no apparent reason.) I'm not afraid to die! I'M NOT! You go to Hell! YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL IF YOU THINK I'M AFRAID OF DYING!
(She stops suddenly.) I'm dreaming now... I'm not? How can you be sure?
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