Monologue

Valentine Monologue from You Never Can Tell

From You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw

male · anguished · 58 sec

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But why did I do it? Because I was being tempted to awaken your heart--to stir the depths in you. Why was I tempted? Because Nature was in deadly earnest with me when I was in jest with her. When the great moment came, who was awakened? who was stirred? in whom did the depths break up? In myself--m y s e l f: I was transported: you were only offended--shocked. You were only an ordinary young lady, too ordinary to allow tame lieutenants to go as far as I went. That's all. I shall not trouble you with conventional apologies. Good-bye. (He makes resolutely for the door.)

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Valentine reflects on his failed attempt to connect with a young lady, expressing his inner turmoil and the disparity between his feelings and her reaction.

20s · confusion · identity · love · isolation · betrayal

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