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| Character | Alfie | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | In love, Descriptive, Depressed, Frustrated, Story conclusion, Talking to the audience, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story, Pondering/Pensive | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1966 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama, Comedy | |
| Description | What's it all about, Alfie? | |
| Details | 1 hr 48 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Alfie is a charming and good looking young man from the working classes of London. He seduces wormen but never gets involved emotionally. Eventually he gets his heart broken by a woman he was having an affair with. He pays her an unexpected visit and he finds a young man in he room. When he asks her what he has more than him, she replies that "he is younger than he is".
This is the final monologue of the film. Alfie talking to the audience and walking by the Thames river, tells us how he can't get her out of his mind. Then he says looking back at all the women that he has had in his life, he got a lot from them without giving them much, but at the end of the day, he didn't get piece of mind..."If they haven't got you one way, they got you another"...so what's it all about?
This is the final monologue of the film. Alfie talking to the audience and walking by the Thames river, tells us how he can't get her out of his mind. Then he says looking back at all the women that he has had in his life, he got a lot from them without giving them much, but at the end of the day, he didn't get piece of mind..."If they haven't got you one way, they got you another"...so what's it all about?
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| ALFIE: ""He's younger than you are", that's what she said. Anybody would think I was doddering about on bleeding crutches. Trouble is, I still keep thinking about her. I can't get her out of me mind. Who'd have thought a ruddy great lust-box like her would have found her way into anybody's feelings? She might have looked a hard case, but underneath she was quite mumsie, and she was in beautiful condition. Do you know, I'm beginning to think she was beautiful. After all, it ain't through the eyes that you feel beauty. It's how the heart hungers for something that makes it beautiful....You know what? When I look back on my little life and the birds I've known, I can't help think about....all they have done for me. And what I haven't done for them. They looked after me. Cared for me. And I repaid them by never returning the favor. Yeah, I used to think I had the best end of the deal. What have I got, really? Some money in my pocket. Some nice threads. Fancy car at my disposal. And I am single. Unattached. Free as a bird. I depend on nobody. And nobody depends on me. My life's my own. But I don't have peace of mind. And if you don't have that, you got nothing. So, what's the answer. That's what I keep asking myself. What's it all about? You know what I mean? |
