Critical Interpretations - Irene Flashcards
‘Irene, the ordinary woman, afraid of life, wrapped in home, child, husband, gone berserk when these latter are threatened’
Alice Dunbar Nelson
‘Irene is both attracted to and appalled by Clare’s desire to live on the edge’
Scruggs
‘Passing, to Irene, is a tool of convenience, not a way of life’
Bennet
‘At the narrative’s end, Irene is becoming increasingly fragmented and alienated from herself’
Jonathan Little
‘Essentially, Passing is a novel about two women whose choices were opposite and whose fates were strangely intertwined’
Richard Bernstein (Fate)
‘Both Irene and Nick possess a sense of pedigree that makes them feel superior to the main characters’
Charles Lewis
‘The Redfield’s marriage is passionless’
Ann Do Lille
‘We have a clear sense of Irene’s guilt’
John K.Young
Alice Dunbar Nelson
‘Irene, the ordinary woman, afraid of life, wrapped in home, child, husband, gone berserk when these latter are threatened’
Scruggs
‘Irene is both attracted to and appalled by Clare’s desire to live on the edge’
Bennet
‘Passing, to Irene, is a tool of convenience, not a way of life’
Jonathan Little
‘At the narrative’s end, Irene is becoming increasingly fragmented and alienated from herself’
Richard Bernstein (Fate)
‘Essentially, Passing is a novel about two women whose choices were opposite and whose fates were strangely intertwined’
Charles Lewis
‘Both Irene and Nick possess a sense of pedigree that makes them feel superior to the main characters’
Ann Do Lille
‘The Redfield’s marriage is passionless’
