Monologue

Gunner Monologue from Misalliance

From Misalliance by Bernard Shaw

male · defiant · 1:03 min

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(to Tarleton) Oh! is Hypatia your daughter? And Joey is Mister Percival, is he? One of your set, I suppose. One of the smart set! One of the bridge-playing, eighty-horse-power, week-ender set! One of the johnnies I slave for! Well, Joey has more decency than your daughter, anyhow. The women are the worst. I never believed it til I saw it with my own eyes. Well, it wont last for ever. The writing is on the wall. Rome fell. Babylon fell. Hindhead's turn will come. (MRS TARLETON: Whatever are you talking about, young man?) I know what I'm talking about. I went into that Turkish bath a boy: I came out a man.

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20s · anger · identity · power · disillusionment · social class

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