Monologue

Lord Illingworth Monologue from A Woman of No Importance

From A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde

male · philosophical · 57 sec

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I suppose your mother is very religious, and that sort of thing. (GERALD: Oh, yes, she’s always going to church.) Ah! she is not modern, and to be modern is the only thing worth being nowadays. You want to be modern, don’t you, Gerald? You want to know life as it really is. Not to be put off with any old-fashioned theories about life. Well, what you have to do at present is simply to fit yourself for the best society. A man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule.

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Lord Illingworth addresses Gerald, emphasizing the importance of modernity and social dominance in a rapidly changing world.

30s · anticipation · power · ambition · identity

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