Short Monologues for Teen Girls/Young Women

The Miller's Daughter (Abridged) ~ Snow White Gets Her Say

Snow White Gets Her Say

by Chris Wind

Abridged by M. E. Hammer

(Approximately 1 minute 5-10 seconds)

Catherine:

That you don't recognize me by name is but the first of my complaints about my tale. Oh you know me alright. I'm the main character-in a tale titled with the name of a man. But what's in a name? A lot. The fate of my newborn child. A name is very important. My name, apparently, is not.

Nor are my words important. I told the King I most definitely could not spin gold out of straw. He chose instead to believe the boast of an immature, egotistic, vain father.

I lose my sanity, my freedom, and my dignity for three nights-and almost my child, forever, in a mere guessing game.

Because I 'succeeded' on the third night, I was 'rewarded' with marriage to the King. Thus, for all intents and purposes, I also lost my life. Can you imagine what it is like to be married to a man so greedy he locked me up for three nights in a row, saying he'd kill me unless I did as he wanted? And that was before he owned me.

But as the tale says, I am shrewd and clever. O aging Highness, what would happen to your precious lineage if my, your, only son were to suddenly-

Since I am not dead, and am living still...

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Character Analysis: (In Progress)

-Full Name and title: Queen Catherine, daughter of Angus the Miller

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-Birthday: Some time in the winter, she doesn't know for sure. Her family never celebrated or kept the date, and her husband, the king, decided to celebrate her birthday on the anniversary of the third night she succeeded in spinning the straw. But Catherine views that the gold's birthday, not her own.

-Age: 19

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