Examples Of Monologue From The Crucible '

Everything was okay! (screams, hands in hair) I remember when we would dance around here, the girls, Abigail and I. When the days passed by, weeks at a time. (spinning around, arms in the air) When we spent hour after hour laughing, singing, dancing. I miss it. I miss everything. The smiles on everyone's faces, the warm air filling our lungs. (breathes in and out deeply, raising arms) It was the only ‘voice’ (air quotes) we had most of the time and it often seemed like the only fun, us girls could have in a small town like Salem. But for a small moment the feeling of excitement and rejoice was filling our minds, taking over, letting our bodies run wild like a bird in the springtime. (runs on side of stage to the other) I miss being carefree. Mind blank, thoughts shut down, worries ceased. I didn't know how to feel. I don’t even know what I was feeling. Powerful yet weak. Ambitious yet fearful. Strong and carefree yet vulnerable… paralysed… controlled. For a matter of seconds, my life was perfect, (long pause, deep
Around my neck. (wraps hands around neck) The townspeople, they are all going to come for me. THERE IS NO ESCAPE. (stands up, runs to one side of the stage and turns back, continues pacing) I cannot run. I cannot hide. They are going to come for me. The menacing stares running behind my every move. The voices preaching word of my sins to the world. The hands of all, waiting for the opportunity to pierce my flesh and watch the blood of my body pour out into a river of regret. (grabs onto chest as if being stabbed) But they will not do that. They know my regret is punishing me anyway, and no one except me would get punished for that. Desiring vengeance and fulfilling vengeance are two very different things. I am unsure whether to be glad about that or