Queen Christina - Struggles of Friendship and Power Dynamics
Jacob:
The Queen is selfish. It is simple for her. She orders and you obey. How long are you going on this way? Every time we meet, you promise to tell her you love me and that you want to marry me and you never do.
Ebba:
The trouble is the Queen is so dominating. She's interested only in her own concerns. She never asks me.
Christina:
It is you I cannot forgive, Ebba. You needn't fear my domination any longer.
Ebba:
Your Majesty, please.
Christina:
You pretended to be interested in me and my problems. Your sympathy, your concern - all pretense, underneath which you resent me.
Ebba:
Oh, you do not understand, your Majesty.
Christina:
The difficulty, Ebba, is that I do.
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Queen Christina - A Promise of Freedom and Escape
Christina:
But we'll go afterward, Ebba.
Ebba:
Oh, you always say that, but at the end of the day, you're never free to go anywhere. You're surrounded by musty old papers and musty old men and I can't get near you.
Christina:
Today, I'll dispose of them by sundown, I promise you, and we'll go away for two or three days in the country. Wouldn't you like that?
Ebba:
Oh, I'd love it.
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