Irene Quotes Flashcards
(31 cards)
Irene’s immediate judgment of Clare’s attitude towards danger?
She was wholly unable to comprehend such an attitude towards danger.
How does Irene judge a waiter?
Just a shade too provocative.
What does Irene realize about appearances?
Appearances, she knew now, had a way sometimes of not fitting facts.
What is Irene’s curiosity about passing?
The truth was, she was curious.
How does Irene describe passing?
Hazardous business of passing, this breaking away from all that was familiar and friendly to take one’s chance in another environment, not entirely strange, perhaps, but certainly not entirely friendly.
What does Clare say about the ease of passing?
It’s such a frightfully easy thing to do.
What does Irene say about her relationship with Clare?
She was through with Clare Kendry.
How does Irene feel about her loneliness?
A sense of aloneness, in her adherence to her own class and kind.
What does Irene think about Getrude?
Showed an appalling amount of leg.
What does Clare say to Irene about happiness?
The wiser and infinitely happier one. I’m not sure just now.
What conclusion does Irene reach about her relationship with Clare?
And that, she told herself, was that.
How does Irene cope with Clare’s presence?
She had only to turn away her eyes, to refuse her recognition.
What does Irene desire?
Security of place and substance.
What depth does Irene see in Clare?
It was that in spite of her determined selfishness the woman before her was yet capable of the heights and depths of feeling that she, Irene Redfield, had never known.
How does Irene feel about her identity to Brian?
She was, to him, only the mother of his sons. That was all. Alone she was nothing. Worse. An obstacle.
What does Irene say about enduring?
She could, she would bear it. She’d have to.
What condition does Irene have for enduring pain?
She could bear anything, but only if no one knew that she had anything to bear. It hurt.
How does Irene describe her thoughts?
The walled prison of Irene’s thoughts.
What is Irene’s situation regarding her allegiances?
She was caught between two allegiances.
different, yet the same
Narcissism of small diff..
What does race represent for Irene?
Race! The thing that bound and suffocated her.
When does Irene finally acknowledge race?
For the first time she suffered and rebelled because she was unable to disregard the burden of race.
What does impermanence mean for Irene?
Menace of impermanence.
To Clare coming back
What does Irene wonder about a woman’s endurance?
Was it, perhaps, that she had endured all that a woman could endure of tormenting humiliation and fear?
What does Irene feel about her control over Brian?
She was helpless, having so completely lost control of his mind and heart.
