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Ella Rentheim Monologue from John Gabriel Borkman

From John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen

female · anguished · 54 sec

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You have done that. I have never rightly understood until this evening what had really happened to me. That you deserted me and turned to Gunhild instead--I took that to be mere common fickleness on your part, and the result of heartless scheming on hers. I almost think I despised you a little, in spite of everything. But now I see it! You deserted the woman you loved! Me, me, me! What you held dearest in the world you were ready to barter away for gain. That is the double murder you have committed! The murder of your own soul and of mine!

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Ella Rentheim confronts a former lover about his betrayal and the emotional devastation it has caused her, revealing deep feelings of anger and sadness.

30s · anger · betrayal · love · identity · despair

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