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Dr. Schön has known Lulu since she was 12 years old. Through marriage arrangements, he has elevated her in society. However, Lulu still desires Schön, who is engaged to someone else (the engagement has gone on for two years so far). Schön has come to her house to demand that Lulu stop pursuing him, stop visiting his home and instead be completely loyal to her own husband. She instead challenges him, declaring that he can not distance himself from her as she is not able to even respect her own
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SCHÖN. I have made the most superhuman efforts to raise you in society. You can be ten times as proud of your name as of your intimacy with me.
LULU. (Comes down the steps and puts her arm around Schön's neck.) Why are you still afraid, now that you're at the zenith of your hopes?
SCHÖN. No comedy! The zenith of my hopes? I am at last engaged: I have now the
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