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If cussin’ me does ye good, cuss all ye’...

Abbie Putnam Cabot

Desire Under the Elms

Eugene O'Neill

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act One, Scene Four
Time & Place
The Cabot Farmhouse, sunset. New England, 1850.
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)

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If cussin鈥� me does ye good, cuss all ye鈥檝e a mind t鈥�. I鈥檓 all prepared t鈥� have ye agin me-- at fust. I鈥檇 feel the same at any stranger comin鈥� t鈥� take my Maw鈥檚 place. Yew must鈥檝e cared a lot fur yewr Ma, didn鈥檛 ye? My Maw died afore I鈥檇 growed.

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...an鈥� I was glad sayin鈥� now I鈥檓 free fur once, on鈥檡 I diskivered all I was free fur was t鈥� wuk agen in other folks鈥� hums, doin鈥� other folks鈥� wuk till I鈥檇 most give up hope o鈥� ever doin鈥� my own wuk in my own hum, an鈥� then your Paw come鈥�

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: O鈥橬eill, Eugene, Eugene O鈥橬eill: Three Plays, Vintage International, 1995, pp. 23-24.

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