This piece is inspired by the character Nise, from the play "La dama boba," written by Lope de Vega. The original play follows the story of two sisters, Finea and Nise, as they navigate love and class in their society. Finea has been arranged to marry Liseo by her father, however, Liseo laments the idea of marrying her because she is described to be ignorant and stupid. Consequently, he wants to woo and marry her sister, Nise, as she is described by others as elegant and intelligent. On the other hand, Nise shows no interest in Liseo because she is in love with Laurencio. Yet, Laurencio decides to break off his relationship with Nise and chooses to pursue Finea, on the account that Finea has a larger dowry. Eventually, even though Nise is shown throughout the play to be uninterested in marrying Liseo, the ending has the couples pair off (Finea with Laurencio and Nise with Liseo) and are assumed to be happily married.In this version of the story, Nise is given the opportunity to confront her own feelings and thoughts following the events of the play and share her reactions to the expectations put upon her to marry. This opportunity is imagined through the form of a letter left behind after Nise decides to leave her family and escape her marriage to Liseo, and her interactions with the world around her as she processes the events of the play. The inclusion of the images of Nise as she interacts with nature around her is meant to display a sense of physicality, that she is part of the world around her and does not solely exist to meet the expectations put upon her by others. These images of nature demonstrate how the world around us simply just exists to be, which contrasts with the human anxieties that Nise confronts throughout the piece regarding expectation and identity. However, Nise's final message is not just simply directed at Otavio or Finea, or even just simply the other characters of the play. As audience members, we have also been complicit in the events of the play, allowing Otavio, Nise's father, to determine her future without consulting her in the matter. Considering this fact, the monologue is meant to be aimed at all those who watch the piece; since we have all been complicit, her message is for us all.Finally, it is important to note that I have purposefully left her future ambiguous. Obviously, the decision to leave her life behind in order to find herself is one that has its consequences, and trying to determine one's own identity and reconcile with one's own being is a task that confounds us all during our lives and is always left unanswered. Yet, through Nise, I wanted to make a statement that we can, and we should, question the structures in place throughout our lives that try to determine for us who we are, how we should exist. Therefore, this adaptation serves as a commentary on existence, expectation and identity, and the complex process by which we try to understand these concepts for ourselves.