Monologue

Lady Windermere Monologue from Lady Windermere's Fan

From Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

female · anguished · 1:16 min

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(Lying on sofa.) How can I tell him? I can’t tell him. It would kill me. I wonder what happened after I escaped from that horrible room. Perhaps she told them the true reason of her being there, and the real meaning of that—fatal fan of mine. Oh, if he knows—how can I look him in the face again? He would never forgive me. (Touches bell.) How securely one thinks one lives—out of reach of temptation, sin, folly. And then suddenly—Oh! Life is terrible. It rules us, we do not rule it. (Enter ROSALIE R.) (ROSALIE: Did your ladyship ring for me?) Yes. Have you found out at what time Lord Windermere came in last night? (ROSALIE: His lordship did not come in till five o’clock.) Five o’clock? He knocked at my door this morning, didn’t he?

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Lady Windermere grapples with the fear of revealing a painful truth that could destroy her marriage and her sense of self, reflecting on the unpredictability of life and the weight of her choices.

20s · fear · betrayal · identity · temptation · fate

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