Monologue

Lord Illingworth Monologue from A Woman of No Importance

From A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde

male · joyful · 1:18 min

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So that is our son, Rachel! Well, I am very proud of him. He is a Harford, every inch of him. By the way, why Arbuthnot, Rachel? (MRS. ARBUTHNOT: One name is as good as another, when one has no right to any name.) I suppose so—but why Gerald? (MRS. ARBUTHNOT: After a man whose heart I broke—after my father.) Well, Rachel, what is over is over. All I have got to say now in that I am very, very much pleased with our boy. The world will know him merely as my private secretary, but to me he will be something very near, and very dear. It is a curious thing, Rachel; my life seemed to be quite complete. It was not so. It lacked something, it lacked a son. I have found my son now, I am glad I have found him.

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Lord Illingworth expresses his deep satisfaction and emotional connection to his newly discovered son, reflecting on the fulfillment this relationship brings to his life.

40s · joy · family · identity · redemption

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