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Gerald Monologue from A Woman of No Importance

From A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde

male · dramatic · 55 sec

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Mother, you make it terribly difficult for me by talking like that; and I can’t understand why you won’t look at this matter from the right, from the only proper standpoint. It is to take away the bitterness out of your life, to take away the shadow that lies on your name, that this marriage must take place. There is no alternative: and after the marriage you and I can go away together. But the marriage must take place first. It is a duty that you owe, not merely to yourself, but to all other women—yes: to all the other women in the world, lest he betray more.

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Gerald is pleading with his mother to accept a marriage that he believes is necessary to alleviate her suffering and restore her reputation.

20s · determination · family · duty · betrayal · redemption

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