Norman
THE DEAD ARE COMING!
A line from Norman
[about his dead grandmother]
She's in the living room.
More lines from Norman
5 quotes Norman
Norman
I didn't ask to be born this way.
Norman
Everyone in the real world thinks I'm a freak, and you know what? Maybe they're right! Maybe I am a freak, but I never asked for your help... just go! GET OUT!
Norman
[telling Aggie's ghost the story about her]
Once upon a time, long ago, there was a little girl. (Aggie: What?) A little girl who was different… Who was different from the other people in her village. (Aggie: I'm not listening!) She could see and do things that no one could understand, and that made them scared of her. (Aggie: I don't like this story!) She turned away from everyone, and became sad and lonely, and had no one to turn to! (Aggie: STOP IT!) The more she turned away from people, the more scared they were of her. And they did something terrible! They became so scared that they took her away and they killed her! (Aggie: NO!) But even though she was dead, something in her came back. (Aggie: STOP!) And this part of her, wouldn't go away. Not for 300 years! (Aggie: SHUT UP!) And the longer it stayed, the less there was of the little girl.
Norman
[while confronting Aggie's ghost]
They did something awful, but, that doesn't mean you should too! All that's left of you now is mean and horrible! (Aggie: That's not true!)
Scenes with Norman
4 scenes
Alvin
[seeing the witch's spirit in the clouds]
What is that?
Norman
It's her.
Judge Hopkins
Do you have anything to say for yourself?
Aggie
[weeping]
I was only playing…
Judge Hopkins
Aye, with fire! You were speaking with the dead! [in unison with Norman] I will not risk damnation on these good people.
Norman
[in unison]
Wait! No! No, you can't do this!
Aggie
I didn't do anything WRONG!!
Judge Hopkins
You are to be taken to the place of execution where you will be hanged by the neck until you be dead!
Aggie
STOP! LEAVE ME ALONE OR I'LL MAKE YOU SORRY! I'LL MAKE ALL OF YOU SORRY!!!
Norman
Uh… Hello?
Aggie
You're not welcome here. Go away.
Norman
I really need to speak with you.
Aggie
Who are you?
Norman
I'm Norman. Norman Babcock. You don't actually know me, but I know you. We're actually kind of the same, you and I.
Aggie
You're not dead.
Norman
Well, no, apart from that.
Aggie
And you're a boy.
Norman
Well, yes, that too.
Aggie
You're not like me at all.
Norman
Well, I know how you feel.
Aggie
No, you don't. You don't know anything about me.
Norman
I know your name is Agatha Prenderghast.
Aggie
What?
Norman
And I know you're probably tired, right? Because, I mean, it's really late and it's been a long night and we're, like, only eleven years old, and...
Aggie
[whispering into Norman's ear; coldly]
I don't want to go to sleep, and you can't make me.
Aggie
I burnt the book into dust. Now I don’t have to listen to that stupid story ANYMORE!!! [shoots lightning at Norman] Leave me alone.
Norman
No! No, I’m not leaving. Just listen to me! Once upon a time, long ago, there was a little girl…
Aggie
What?
Norman
A little girl, who was different…who was different from the other people in her village.
Aggie
I’m not listening! [starts duplicating and swirls around Norman]
Norman
She could see and do things that no one could understand, and that made them scared of her.
Aggie
I don’t like this story!
Norman
She turned away from everyone and became sad and lonely and had no one to turn to!
Aggie
STOP IT!
Norman
[suddenly her yellow light explodes and sends lightning from the ground]
The more she turned away from people, the more scared they were of her! And they did something terrible! They became so scared that they took her away and they killed her!
Aggie
NO!
Norman
But even though she was dead, something in her came back!
Aggie
STOP!
Norman
And this part of her wouldn’t go away in over three hundred years!
Aggie
SHUT UP!
Norman
The longer it stayed, the less there was of the little girl.
Aggie
[Aggie screams and lightning crackles around her sending it into the ground, tearing the ground apart]
I'll make you SUFFER!
Norman
Why?!
Aggie
Because… Because…
Norman
Because you want everyone to hurt just as much as you are. So whenever you wake up, you play this mean game, but you don't play fair!
Aggie
They hurt me!
Norman
So you hurt them back?
Aggie
I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were.
Norman
You're just like them, Agatha.
Aggie
No, I'm not!
Norman
You're a bully!
Aggie
No, I'm NOT!
Norman
They did something awful, but, that doesn't mean you should too! All that's left of you now is mean and horrible!
Aggie
That's not true!
Norman
Then stop! This is wrong and you know it! [walks a little closer to her] You spent so long remembering the bad people, that you forgot the good ones! There must have been someone who loved you and cared for you. You don't remember them?
Aggie
Leave me alone!
Norman
But you're not alone! You have to remember!
Aggie
Keep away from ME!!! [turns away from him to flee]
Norman
Remember! [grabs her hand]
