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Vivie Monologue from Mrs. Warren's Profession

From Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw

female · defiant · 51 sec

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Well, anyhow, she did; and nothing would please my mother but that I should do the same thing. I said flatly that it was not worth my while to face the grind since I was not going in for teaching; but I offered to try for fourth wrangler or thereabouts for fifty pounds. She closed with me at that, after a little grumbling; and I was better than my bargain. But I wouldn’t do it again for that. Two hundred pounds would have been nearer the mark. PRAED Lord bless me! Thats a very practical way of looking at it.

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Vivie expresses her frustration with her mother's expectations and her own ambitions, revealing her determination to pursue a different path in life.

20s · determination · ambition · family · identity · power

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