Act 2 Little Women Aunt March Flashcards
Beginning of scene
What a…remarkable outfit, Josyphine.
Jo: Thank you, Aunt March. I so agree.
Read to us.
Jo: I’m not here to work, Auntie, this is a social—
Fordyce’s Sermons.
Parrot: Knows her place, knows her place.
You look well, Amy.
Amy: And Polly is so charming—
Mind your fingers.
Parrot: Charming!
How does your father fare, child?
Amy: A little better, Aunt March.
Better! Not for long, I’m sure.
Jo: A lady holds her tongue.
He ought never to have gone to war. But then, we should never have had a war at all.
Amy: Oh, Aunt—
Why should we poke our noses down South? Lincoln ought never to have pressed his agenda!
Jo: A lady holds her tongue. (2nd time)
We ought to focus on the Union— and put the homeland first!
Amy: Let’s not talk politics—
But your parents are both the same— your father and his radical abolitionism—
Jo: A LADY HOLDS HER TONGUE!
And your mother, and her immigrant trash! I told her, I said, you go amongst that filthy boat rabble—
Parrot: Boat rabble, boat rabble—
— you never know what will come trailing home after you! And look what happened! She never listened to sage advice from cooler heads, she always wished to slum around amongst the lesser classes— and so she nearly killed your half-wit sister!
Parrot: Half-wit, half-wit— (Josephine slams book)
Josyphine. What on earth!
Amy: JO! Just. Be. Agreeable.
Josyphine?
