Monologue Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 1
Time & Place
France, seventeenth century
Length
Medium
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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Arnolphe is talking to his friend, Chrysalde. He
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To marry a silly girl is not to become silly myself. I believe, as a good Christian, that your better half is very wise; but a clever wife is ominous, and I know what some people have to pay for choosing theirs with too much talent. What, I go and
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