Monologue

Mrs Erlynne Monologue from Lady Windermere's Fan

From Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

female · anguished · 1:21 min

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It is not your duty—at least you have duties to others besides him. You say you owe me something? (LADY WINDERMERE: I owe you everything.) Then pay your debt by silence. That is the only way in which it can be paid. Don’t spoil the one good thing I have done in my life by telling it to any one. Promise me that what passed last night will remain a secret between us. You must not bring misery into your husband’s life. Why spoil his love? You must not spoil it. Love is easily killed. Oh! how easily love is killed. Pledge me your word, Lady Windermere, that you will never tell him. I insist upon it. (LADY WINDERMERE: It is your will, not mine.) Yes, it is my will. And never forget your child—I like to think of you as a mother. I like you to think of yourself as one.

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Mrs. Erlynne pleads with Lady Windermere to keep a secret that could jeopardize her husband's happiness, revealing her deep concern for the fragility of love.

40s · fear · love · betrayal · redemption · secrecy

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