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| Character | Amy | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Crying, Persuasive, Lamenting | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1853 | |
| Period | 19th Century | |
| Genre | Drama | |
| Description | Amy begs her husband to let her stay | |
Summary
Amy is married to Edward, a businessman. Edward's enemy has plotted to ruin his business and his marriage. He has tricked him in order to make him believe that his wife Amy has cheated on him.
In this scene Edward has just confronted Amy about her infidelity and has asked her to leave the house. In this monologue Amy begs him to let her stay.
In this scene Edward has just confronted Amy about her infidelity and has asked her to leave the house. In this monologue Amy begs him to let her stay.
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| AMY Edward, I beseech you to pardon me! I do not ask to be your wife again; I only beg to be allowed to remain near you-wait upon you-to toil for you-to be your slave. Lest you should think my humility beneath me, it is not for your sake, alone, I ask it. A mother's heart cries through my lowly prayer. What will our young and helpless children do when I am far way? Whose hand shall smooth their pillows; or allay our little sufferers' agonies when sickness withers them? Whose hand shall join their rosy palms in prayer to the great power whom we so much offend? And if heaven's wisdom should remove them hence, as it has done with one before their time-the child we buried in the spring, my husband; among the violets and early flowers, dropped like a severed bud-oh! Then, what hand would not desecrate the dead, if it performed those offices of love which Heaven has sanctified to me alone? Think of it well. I only ask to live beside my children. I promise you, I will not vex your thoughts, by keeping your poor person in your sight! Edward, you are not yourself. I know that trade has hardened you, day by day, and that the absorbing lust of gain has slowly usurped the place in your heart which belongs to your family by right; but I never thought that you would so far forget your better nature, as to resist a plea such as this, even from the lips of a stranger. I am not weeping to make you pity me. I do not wish to soften you by any but rational means. These tears are shed over the disgrace which is about to fall upon our children. You have no right to forget them in your passion. You have no right-Oh! Edward, if my heart breaks down, and I am so chocked with sorrow, my silence does not prove my cause unjust (Cries). |
