Monologue

Helen Monologue from The Tenor

From The Tenor by Frank Wedekind

female · philosophical · 1:03 min

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I don't even ask you to love me. Let me only breathe the air you breathe. Gerardo. Helen—a man of my type cannot be swayed by any of the bourgeois ideas. I have known society women in every country of the world. Some made parting scenes to me, but at least they all knew what they owed to their position. This is the first time in my life that I have witnessed such an outburst of passion.... Helen, the temptation comes to me daily to step with some woman into an idyllic Arcadia. But every human being has his duties; you have your duties as I have mine, and the call of duty is the highest thing in the world....

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30s · longing · love · duty · isolation · temptation

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