Monologue

Mrs Marwood Monologue from The Way of the World

From The Way of the World by William Congreve

female · defiant · 1:00 min

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Certainly. To be free, I have no taste of those insipid dry discourses with which our sex of force must entertain themselves apart from men. We may affect endearments to each other, profess eternal friendships, and seem to dote like lovers; but ’tis not in our natures long to persevere. Love will resume his empire in our breasts, and every heart, or soon or late, receive and readmit him as its lawful tyrant. (MRS. FAIN: Bless me, how have I been deceived! Why, you profess a libertine.) You see my friendship by my freedom. Come, be as sincere, acknowledge that your sentiments agree with mine. (MRS. FAIN: Never.) You hate mankind?

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30s · disgust · freedom · identity · betrayal · power

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