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Phaedra is passionately in love with her stepson Hippolytus. Right
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Phaedra: [recovering from her faint] Who gives me back to griefs, and floods again
My soul with heavy care? How well for me
Had I sunk down to death!
Hippolytus: But why, poor soul,
Dost thou lament the gift of life restored?
Phaedra [aside]: Come dare, attempt, fulfil thine own command.
Speak out, and fearlessly. Who asks in fear
Suggests a prompt refusal. Even now
The greater part of my offense is done.
Too late my present modesty. My love,
I know, is base; but if I persevere,
Perchance the marriage torch will hide my sin.
Success makes certain sins respectable.
Come now, begin.
[To Hippolytus]
Bend lower down thine ear,
I pray; if any comrade be at hand,
Let him depart, that we may speak alone.
Hippolytus: Behold, the place is free from witnesses.
Phaedra: My lips refuse to speak my
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