Class and Power - DOM + SCND Flashcards
Moral equality of class - Antonio 2:3
‘The great are like the base, nay they are the same, when they seek shameful ways to avoid shame’
Strains of status - Duchess 1:2
‘the misery of us that are born great’
Sense of inferiority due to class separation - Antonio 1:2
‘O my unworthiness’
Saviour complex of upper classes - Cardinal 2:4
‘I have taken you off your melancholy perch’
The influence of the upper classes on the whole of society - Antonio 1:1
‘a prince’s court is like a common fountain […] some curs’d example poison in the head, death and disease through the whole land spread’
Upper class morality - Blanche 6
‘I have… old fashioned ideals!’
Segregation of classes - Stella 1
‘a different species’
Drop in class status - Stanley 8
‘I pulled you down off them columns and how you loved it, having them coloured lights going’
Class imagery - Stage Directions 1
[roughly dressed in blue denim work clothes]
Class and sexuality shaming - Blanche 1
‘In bed with your… Polack!’