Ruth Monologue from The climbers

From The climbers by Clyde Fitch

female · philosophical · 57 sec

If he saw you patiently bearing a cross for the sake of duty, can you imagine a stronger force for good on the boy's character? What an example you will set him! What a chance for a mother! (BLANCHE: But my own life, my own happiness?) Ah, my dear, that's just it! The watchword of our age is self! We are all for ourselves; the twentieth century is to be a glorification of selfishness, the Era of Egotism! Forget yourself, and what would you do? The dignified thing. You would live quietly beside your husband if not with him. And your son would be worthy of such a mother! (BLANCHE: And I?) You would be glad in the end.

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