The Fisherman and His Wife
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The Fisherman's Wife, Dame Ilsabil, is one of the three main characters in the story. She is characterized as a woman continually unsatisfied with what she has, always coveting more, and over the course of the story becomes blinded by greed and power.
IMPORTANT: ONLY READ THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE " ".
American and UK accents preferred. There are 30 short lines of dialogue amounting to about 550 words or so.
“Ah,” said the woman, “it is surely hard to have to live always in this dirty hovel. You might have wished for a small cottage for us. Go back and call him. Tell him we want to have a small cottage. He will certainly give us that.”
“Get up husband, and just peep out of the window. Look! Couldn’t we be the king over all that land? Go to the Flounder, and we will be the King.”
“What!” said the woman, “I am the King, and you are nothing but my husband. Will you go this moment? Go at once! If he can make me a King, he can make me an Emperor. I will be Emperor. Go now.”
