Wilde's play quotes Flashcards
1
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Goring dandy quotes
A
flawless dandy
LC: it is your duty to get married … London society has gone to the dogs
He is the first well dressed philospher in the history of thought
2
Q
Mrs C blackmail quotes
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- You are ruined … I am your enemy … and I am much stronger than you
- Even you are not rich enough to buy back your past
- I do not care about the London Season
- how foolish of you!
3
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SRC quotes
A
- What this century worships is wealth … to succeed one must have wealth
- he replies ‘hoarsely’
- Let her remain your mistress … flase as a friend, trecherous as an enemy
- VS. I don’t know how I can repay you
- public and private life are different things, they have different laws
4
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Gertrude quotes
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- It is love Robert, only love
- We have much more important work to do than to look at each others’ bonnets … factory acts, female inspectors, the 8 hour’s bill, the parliamentary franchise …
- ‘truimph of love’ tapestry
5
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Lord Caversham quotes
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- (In marriage) “There is property at stake. It is not a matter for affection.”
- It is your duty to get married … London society has gone to the dogs
6
Q
Mrs C quotes
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- I knew him intimately
- Everyone is talking about her
- Showed the influence of too many schools
- she is in helitrope = surveying
- hunting for husbands
7
Q
Mabel quotes
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- Tommy really does nothing but propose to me
- I make it a rule never to accept Tommy
- Lady Markby: You are remarkably modern Mabel. A little too modern, perhaps
- it is a public scandal the way I adore you
8
Q
SRC having a go at Gertrude quotes
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- let women make no more ideals of men … false idols … place us on monsterous pedestals
= shocking as the audience does not blame Gertrude – criticism of society
9
Q
Mrs C bested by Goring reaction
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paroxysm of rage
a mask had fallen from her
10
Q
Goring confessing his love quotes
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- I love you
- catches her in his arms and kisses her. then there is a pause of bliss
11
Q
Shocking Goring quote
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women are meant to forgive us
a man’s life is of more value than a women’s
= shock that the dandy says this = so shocks the audience = criticism of society
