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We all have our own end in marrying. For...

Angélique

The Imaginary Invalid

Moliere

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 2 Scene 7
Time & Place
Argan's home, France. 1600s.
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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We all have our own end in marrying. For my part, as I only want a husband that I can love sincerely, and as I intend to consecrate my whole life to him, I feel bound, I confess, to be cautious. There are some who marry simply to free themselves from the yoke of their parents, and to be at liberty to do all they like. There are others, Madam, who see in marriage only a matter of mere interest; who marry only to get a settlement, and to enrich themselves by the death of those they marry. They pass without scruple from husband to husband, with an eye to their possessions. These, no doubt, Madam, are not so difficult to satisfy, and care little what the husband is like.

Molière, The Imaginary Invalid, Project Gutenberg, 2012,

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