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Mrs Warren Monologue from Mrs. Warren's Profession

From Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw

female · defiant · 57 sec

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Yes; or any other point of view. What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man’s fancy and get the benefit of his money by marrying him?--as if a marriage ceremony could make any difference in the right or wrong of the thing! Oh, the hypocrisy of the world makes me sick! Liz and I had to work and save and calculate just like other people; elseways we should be as poor as any good-for-nothing drunken waster of a woman that thinks her luck will last for ever. I despise such people: theyve no character; and if theres a thing I hate in a woman, it’s want of character.

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Mrs. Warren expresses her disdain for societal expectations of women and critiques the hypocrisy surrounding marriage and financial dependence.

40s · anger · identity · power · hypocrisy · class struggle

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