Monologue

Mrs Alving Monologue from Ghosts

From Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

female · defiant · 1:01 min

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(Slowly and with self-control.) You have now spoken out, Pastor Manders; and to-morrow you are to speak publicly in memory of my husband. I shall not speak to-morrow. But now I will speak frankly to you, as you have spoken to me. (MANDERS: To be sure; you will plead excuses for your conduct--) No. I will only tell you a story. (MANDERS: Well--?) All that you have just said about my husband and me, and our life after you had brought me back to the path of duty--as you called it--about all that you know nothing from personal observation. From that moment you, who had been our intimate friend, never set foot in our house gain.

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30s · anger · betrayal · identity · power · isolation

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