Painterly ornate gold hand mirror among red and gold confetti and velvet fabric.

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George Dandin

Molière

Ah that I– You would have it so, you would have it so; George Dandin, you would have it so! This suits you very nicely, and you are served right; you have precisely what you deserve.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker berates themselves, repeating that they wanted this and now have it. The irony is bitter: the situation suits them and is exactly what they deserve. It reads as self-reproach, with the speaker taking blame for a mess they see as their own doing.

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