Wangel Monologue from The Lady from the Sea

From The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen

male · anguished · 49 sec

But you are mistaken all the same. To you it is almost as if the children's mother were still living--as if she were still here invisible amongst us. You think my heart is equally divided between you and her. It is this thought that shocks you. You see something immoral in our relation, and that is why you no longer can or will live with me as my wife. (Ellida: Have you seen all that, Wangel--seen into all this?) Yes; today I have at last seen to the very heart of it--to its utmost depths. (Ellida: To its very heart, you say? Oh, do not think that!) I see very well that there is more than this, dear Ellida.

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