Class and Power - DOM + SCND Flashcards

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Moral equality of class - Antonio 2:3

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‘The great are like the base, nay they are the same, when they seek shameful ways to avoid shame’

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Strains of status - Duchess 1:2

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‘the misery of us that are born great’

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Sense of inferiority due to class separation - Antonio 1:2

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‘O my unworthiness’

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Saviour complex of upper classes - Cardinal 2:4

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‘I have taken you off your melancholy perch’

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The influence of the upper classes on the whole of society - Antonio 1:1

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‘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’

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Upper class morality - Blanche 6

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‘I have… old fashioned ideals!’

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Segregation of classes - Stella 1

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‘a different species’

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Drop in class status - Stanley 8

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‘I pulled you down off them columns and how you loved it, having them coloured lights going’

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Class imagery - Stage Directions 1

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[roughly dressed in blue denim work clothes]

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Class and sexuality shaming - Blanche 1

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‘In bed with your… Polack!’

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