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Absolute Monologue from The Rivals

From The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

male · sarcastic · 56 sec

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It is but too true, indeed, ma'am;--yet I fear our ladies should share the blame--they think our admiration of beauty so great, that knowledge in them would be superfluous. Thus, like garden-trees, they seldom show fruit, till time has robbed them of the more specious blossom.--Few, like Mrs. Malaprop and the orange-tree, are rich in both at once! Mrs. MALAPROP Sir, you overpower me with good-breeding.--He is the very pine-apple of politeness!--You are not ignorant, captain, that this giddy girl has somehow contrived to fix her affections on a beggarly, strolling, eaves-dropping ensign, whom none of us have seen, and nobody knows anything of.

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Absolute expresses his frustration with societal expectations regarding beauty and intelligence in women, while also commenting on a specific romantic situation involving a young woman and an unsuitable suitor.

20s · disgust · love · identity · social class · deception

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