Eve Monologue

Eve

Written for a young woman who is feeling lost
Intended to be performed in American Sign Language
By Bird

Quotation Marks ("") indicate vocalization
Completely capitalized words indicate fingerspelling
Any questions on translation should be directed to the writer

That / FLOWER / flower

That / MOUSE / mouse

That / TREE / tree

Special / dangerous / tree

That / SKY / sky

That / BIRD / bird

That / man / ADAM

I name / things

I / want / name myself (maybe name from mouth to heart)

¿How? / don’t know

God named me / woman

God named me / EVE

Question / I / woman / EVE / finish / question

Is it truth?

God named me / Adam named me / everything names me

Must be true

I could be same as / tree / mouse / bird

No / I / can’t / fly

I / need / be / me

Who / I?

I / more / name?

Maybe / I / strong / same as / tree

Maybe / I / soft / same as / mouse

Maybe / I / free / same as / bird

Maybe / I / same as / flower

Goes to explore the flower. It is a rose. She pricks her finger and explores the cause.

Flower / sharp

Flower / ROSE / rose

Explores the rose again. This time pricking her finger so hard she yelps a little.

Innocent and curious surprise at the sound. Tries it again and experiments with it.

Sound / new / beautiful / exciting

Sound / me

Surprised excitement. She can name herself is a new way - with her voice. Signs EVE to herself and finds a way to vocalize that.

“Eve”

I / same as / rose

I / soft / strong / have / hidden / voice

I / new / exciting

I / “Eve”