Atonement

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Act IV Scene 4

Sabrina Pena Young

Libertaria has found The Nurse, who is dying in the Apothetae Ward. Libertaria is elated
but The Nurse has a final confession to make before she dies.

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Libertaria quietly sings to her mother, full of sadness and remorse

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Libertaria kills the Nurse with a nearby scalpel

and leaves full of determination and anger.