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Dorine Monologue from Tartuffe

From Tartuffe by Molière

female · sarcastic · 1:19 min

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The lady herself is quite an example! You want a chaste life? She's a nice sample. But old age has stuck her in this zealous mood, And everyone knows she's a reluctant prude. 'Cause as long as she could snare a man's heart, She was more than willing to play her part. But now that her eyes have lost their luster, She leaves the world that already left her And uses a pompous veil of phony wisdom To hide the fact that her looks are gone. It's the last resort of the aging flirt, So peeved at having no man at her skirt That, alone and abandoned to solitude, Her only recourse is to become a prude. And these good women censure all with such Great severity; nor do they pardon much. They biliously blame immorality Not from charity, but only from envy That others are drinking in that pleasure From which old age now drains their measure.

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30s · disgust · aging · hypocrisy · envy · feminine identity

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