Monologue

Gwendolen Monologue from The Importance of Being Earnest

From The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

female · romantic · 1:08 min

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Yes, I am quite well aware of the fact. And I often wish that in public, at any rate, you had been more demonstrative. For me you have always had an irresistible fascination. Even before I met you I was far from indifferent to you. (Jack looks at her in amazement.) We live, as I hope you know, Mr. Worthing, in an age of ideals. The fact is constantly mentioned in the more expensive monthly magazines, and has reached the provincial pulpits, I am told; and my ideal has always been to love some one of the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence. The moment Algernon first mentioned to me that he had a friend called Ernest, I knew I was destined to love you.

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Gwendolen expresses her deep feelings for Jack Worthing, revealing her idealistic view of love and the significance she places on the name 'Ernest'.

20s · longing · love · identity · idealism · fate

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