Ann Monologue from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy

From Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

female · sarcastic · 50 sec

After all, though, what difference would it make? Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? I thought our pictures very lovely when papa bought them; but I haven't looked at them for years. You never bother about my looks: you are too well used to me. I might be the umbrella stand. (TANNER: You lie, you vampire: you lie.) Flatterer. Why are you trying to fascinate me, Jack, if you don't want to marry me? (TANNER: The Life Force. I am in the grip of the Life Force.) I don't understand in the least: it sounds like the Life Guards.

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