Monologue

Ascanio Monologue from The Duchess of Padua

From The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde

male · comedic · 55 sec

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It is that now, and your man has not come. I don’t believe in him, Guido. I think it is some wench who has set her eye at you; and, as I have followed you from Perugia to Padua, I swear you shall follow me to the nearest tavern. By the great gods of eating, Guido, I am as hungry as a widow is for a husband, as tired as a young maid is of good advice, and as dry as a monk’s sermon. Come, Guido, you stand there looking at nothing, like the fool who tried to look into his own mind; your man will not come.

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Ascanio expresses his skepticism about Guido's absent companion while insisting on their need to find sustenance, using humor and vivid metaphors to convey his feelings.

20s · determination · friendship · hunger · disillusionment · loyalty

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