Dramatic Monologue

Intro this monologue takes place in a small town in Texas its about a family of three the father mother and daughter. The father lost his job and became an abusive alcoholic and the daughter had enough listen to it, then the next morin she is in the sheriff’s office and her mother in the hospital with the father in the morgue. (The daughter has heavy accent and I tried to put that into my words, so some words will not be spelled correctly.)

You want the truth? To know what were my alternatives, officer? You tell me. I mean how many times, have you guys been out there? A dozen, maybe? It’s always the same! You take him away, his breath reeking of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, and he spends one nite, sleeping it off, and she springs him out the next morning out of sheer …show more content…
You ever know that kind of fear? The ice in your veins. She did try to leave, a couple times. One time we made it as far as Charleston but, we ran out of money and he was calling, begging, his voice thick as honey. I tried everything, I could to convince her, to keep going. I would get a job. We would have a fresh start. But she turned that car around, and drove straight through to daylight. I could feel the planet spinning that night. Did you know that the earth turns at 1,000 miles an hour? Most of the time you can’t tell. But you can always feel it when you are travelling in the wrong direction. That was only a month ago. And right away he started up again. Last night? Okay, you want to hear about last night? He was out as usual and I heard his truck sputter into the driveway. I could tell by the way the gravel crunched under his feet that he was drunk, outa of his mind. Pretty soon I heard voices in their room. Not loud at first, but then there was a slam against the wall and there was silence for a moment. Something was different this time, I could sense it. I rushed to their room and saw him hovering over her, hitting her over and over. She wasn’t even conscious. I

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