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Quotation from Phaedra by Jean Racine

“I die to save myself a full confession”

Jean Racine (spoken by Phaedra)

Phaedra, Act I, Scene III, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910)

Phaedra's first refusal to tell Oenone what is killing her; she prefers death to speech, the position she will reverse only at the play's end.

Citation: "I die to save myself a full confession" — Jean Racine, Phaedra, Act I, Scene III, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910). (id racine-phaedra-q1)

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