Monologue

Guido Monologue from The Duchess of Padua

From The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde

male · dramatic · 53 sec

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Why, yes! It is a month ago now, you remember; I was in the vineyard, just at the corner nearest the road, where the goats used to get in, a man rode up and asked me was my name Guido, and gave me this letter, signed ‘Your Father’s Friend,’ bidding me be here to-day if I would know the secret of my birth, and telling me how to recognise the writer! I had always thought old Pedro was my uncle, but he told me that he was not, but that I had been left a child in his charge by some one he had never since seen.

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Guido reflects on a mysterious encounter that reveals secrets about his birth, grappling with the implications of his identity and family connections.

20s · confusion · identity · family · betrayal · secrets

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