Monologue

Frank Monologue from Mrs. Warren's Profession

From Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw

male · contemplative · 1:13 min

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Oh yes, a little. . I made all that yesterday in an hour and a half. But I made it in a highly speculative business. No, dear Praddy: even if Bessie and Georgina marry millionaires and the governor dies after cutting them off with a shilling, I shall have only four hundred a year. And he won’t die until he’s three score and ten: he hasn’t originality enough. I shall be on short allowance for the next twenty years. No short allowance for Viv, if I can help it. I withdraw gracefully and leave the field to the gilded youth of England. So that settled. I shan’t worry her about it: I’ll just send her a little note after we’re gone. She’ll understand. PRAED Good fellow, Frank! I heartily beg your pardon. But must you never see her again?

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Frank reflects on his financial limitations and the future of his loved ones, expressing a resigned acceptance of his fate while contemplating his relationship with Viv.

20s · melancholy · ambition · family · isolation · fate

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