Monologue

Juno Monologue from Overruled

From Overruled by Bernard Shaw

female · defiant · 53 sec

I don't defend it; and there's an end of the matter. (GREGORY: Well, upon my soul! What difference does your not defending it make?) A fundamental difference. To serious people I may appear wicked. I don't defend myself: I am wicked, though not bad at heart. To thoughtless people I may even appear comic. Well, laugh at me: I have given myself away. But Mrs. Lunn seems to have no opinion at all about me. She doesn't seem to know whether I'm wicked or comic. She doesn't seem to care. She has no more sense. I say it's not right. I repeat, I have sinned; and I'm prepared to suffer.

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