JEAN RACINE’S PHÈDRE (PENGUIN CLASSICS EDITION)
feel free to change pronouns, etc
“in mortal doubt i waver”
“i shall escape from this place”
“i understand your grief; i know its cause”
“it is not her vain enmity i fear”
“do you too persecute her?”
“must you really hate her for her charm?”
“can the gods wish to humble me so far?”
“my duty bids me see her and i will”
“the queen has almost reached her end”
“how all conspires to hurt, hurt and afflict me”
“then live! let love and duty make you live!”
“i have endured a guilty life too long”
“thanks be to heaven my hands are free from stain. i wish my soul were innocent as they”
“is this to be the due reward for all my loyalty?”
“what answer can you hope to gain by force?”
“i fled his presence everywhere”
“change his mind! show him his error”
“you justly share a common enemy!”
“is is not then a baseless rumor?”
“can it be i have no enemies?”
“at your first look i saw him flustered and confused”
“i was the only one who survived the fury of the war”
“what shall i say to her? and what will she expect?”
“anyone else would have resented me”
“my husband is alive! that is enough”
“oh gods, what have i done”
“can we not recognize by certain signs the black heart of a traitor?”
“traitor. how dare you show yourself to me?”
“such overpowering horror stuns my soul”
“what good will their love do them? it is in vain.”
“they will not see each other anymore”
“their love will last forever”
“i cannot bear their happiness”
“i will not hear another word”
“do not rely on that inconstant heart. he swore as much to others.”
“the gods have robbed me of a guiltless life”
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