Medusa Monologue
Athena had no right to do what she did to me. Everyone knows that my beauty over exceeded hers, but it wasn't my fault that I was more beautiful then the goddess of wisdom and war. It was also my loveliness that brought upon me the attention of the great and mighty sea god, Poseidon. I hear some people argue that Athena turned me into that hideous creature because Poseidon and I had made love in one of her temples, while others say that it was jealousy and I strongly agree with them.
I was the third and only mortal sister of Stheno and Euryale. And I say WAS because if you haven't noticed by now, I am dead! But I do not blame you for not being able to look or even LIVE past my breath taking beauty>:). Puny little beings, I pity how pathetic you are! You are so weak; men easily seduced, women effortlessly made jealous. I enjoy taking part in your pathetic conflicts, for they amuse me you see. Well they did, before that evil WITCH [slam fist into chair] turned me into this monster. [stand up abruptly, point at Clinton] You! (Clinton) yes you(said impatiently), come here! [grab him and blindly touch his face] such a handsome young man, you'd make a lovely addition to my garden... Am I not beautiful? Look at me! Look into my eyes... Ah it's just as I thought! [let go rather roughly] Go, get away from me. Get!
{pause} [stand and take a breathe, cock head to the side as if snake is talking in my ear] yes my babies, shhhhhh [then go back and sit down]
Anyway... I am of noble blood, a daughter of parents to be proud of and most certainly for others to be jealous of. I am a daughter of Phokys and Ceto, children of Earth and Ocean. Now how could you not be jealous? None of you could even fathom how great that is, or how magnificent I truly was! I had the power in my blood to kill and even revive the dead! You must be jealous, which brings me great joy! If only I where living I'd turn you all to stone and place you in my garden to remember your jealousy...
I am deeply offended that Athena aided that "hero" (said with a sneer) Perseus to destroy me and you know what she did after?! She took some of my blood and then the skin of my face and placed it on the shield Aegis to make it a great horrifying battle weapon and gave it to Zeus! With my face on that shield ill be remembered but my blood boils with rage and someday, when she joins me here in the dark underworld, I will have my revenge! Although, i must admit there were a few things to be proud of that came out of my death. My blood that was spilt into the ocean made the corals of the Red Sea and the poisonous vipers of the Sahara were born from my blood that dripped from my severed neck to the dry ground. And at the time i was pregnant with two beings from Poseidon. After i was slain, Chrysaor the giant and the winged horse Pegasus had sprung from my dead body. The odd time I check in on them and I guess Pegasus is something to be proud of... I am sick of this, I will tell you no more, mulling over my past in a way as such is weak.
