THE PAINTER OF HIS OWN DISHONOUR Essay
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A monologue from the play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Eight Dramas of Calderon. Trans. Edward Fitzgerald. London: Macmillan & Co., 1906. SERAFINA: Poor argument! I rather draw that heWho ventures on such desperate acts can haveNo true respect for her he outrages,And therefore no true love. No,…