| The Death Monologue Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard < -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
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Rosencrantz: Do you ever think of yourself as actually dead lying in a box with a lid on it? Guildenstern: No. Rosencrantz: Nor do I really. It's silly to be depressed by it. I mean, one thinks of it like being alive in a box, and one keeps forgetting to take into account the fact that one is dead... which should make all the difference... shouldn't it? I mean, you'd never know you were in a box, would you? It would be just like you were asleep in a box. Not that I'd like to sleep in a box, mind you, not without any air, you'd wake up dead for a start, and then where would you be? In a box. That's the bit I don't like frankly. That's why don't think of it. Because you'd be helpless? Stuffed in a box like that, I mean, you'd be in there for ever. Even taking into account the fact that you're dead, it isn't a pleasant thought. Especially if you're dead, really... ask yourself, if I asked you straight off... I'm going to stuff you in this box now, would you rather be alive or dead. Naturally, you prefer to be alive. Life in a box is better than no life at all. I expect. You'd have a chance at least. You could lie there thinking well, at least I'm not dead! In a minute somebody is going to bang on the lid and tell me to come out. Hey, you! What's yer name! Come out of there! Guildenstern: I think I'm going to kill you. With help from www.script-o-rama.com [CULTURE] [HOME] |
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