Henry Scene 4

Question 1

Henry…

Answer 1

Yes?

Question 2

A question for the philosopher?

Answer 2

My office is open

Question 3

What if a man could restore life to a dead animal.

Answer 3

Then he would be god.

Question 4

When has god done that?

Answer 4

You know what I mean

Question 5

Wouldn’t he be better than god

Answer 5

Careful victor… not sure we’re safe from lightning bolts here.

Question 6

What about… a pet.

Answer 6

Oh dear.

Question 7

… that met with tan untimely end? Run over by a carriage perhaps?

Answer 7

If it’s a cat can we just leave it dead?

Question 8

If any mammal can be reanimated

Answer 8

Wait who said

Question 9

Why couldn’t the same be done with a man?

Answer 9

(Disturbed) hang on now…

Question 10

And if one man could return from the dead

Answer 10

Here it comes

Question 11

Why couldn’t we build an entirely new race! A better one, free from disease?

Answer 11

Is this about your mother?

Question 12

Prove me wrong Henry

Answer 12

I can’t damn it, because a negative cannot be proved

Still… I don’t see any resurrected dogs running around.

Question 13

Perhaps they’re waiting for their master.

(Pause)

Answer 13

Man is a magnificent creature Victor, but he cannot usurp the role of god.

Question 14

Some think god abandoned us

Answer 14

Who? Who thinks this?

Question 15

Washington… Madison…

Answer 15

So only colonists

Question 16

And philosophers like you…. Henry what if god were an irresponsible creator

Answer 16

Victor!

Question 17

Exemplars of the human race to complete the puzzle and move the species forward

Answer 17

Prometheus.

Question 18

What about him?

Answer 18

Interesting fellow, Prometheus, he stole fire from the gods and gave it to the human race and in return what did Zeus do? He chained him to a rock

Question 19

Innovators, rarely are we understood

Answer 19

Then! Zeus sent an eagle to eat out his liver. Day after day allowing it to grow back each night.

Think about that before you go reviving and dead terriers.