Oswald Monologue from Ghosts

From Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

male · anguished · 57 sec

Then of course he had to admit that he was on the wrong track; and so I learned the truth--the incomprehensible truth! I ought not to have taken part with my comrades in that lighthearted, glorious life of theirs. It had been too much for my strength. So I had brought it upon myself! (MRS. ALVING: Oswald! No, no; do not believe it!) No other explanation was possible, he said. That's the awful part of it. Incurably ruined for life--by my own heedlessness! All that I meant to have done in the world--I never dare think of it again--I'm not able to think of it. Oh! if I could only live over again, and undo all I have done! (He buries his face in the sofa.)

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