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Critics Flashcards

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Small - society LWF

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a corrupt and hypocritical society

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Lonesco B

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preoccupation with male friendship

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Grigoleit LWF

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Women were more dependent on an appropriate marriage than men

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Billington - women B

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The toughness and fortitude of women

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Eisdaile - women LWF

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fear that economically liberated women had a castrating effect on men

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Bose - power LWF

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Although men hold the ultimate power… for the purposes of the action they are defined by their relationship to women

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Pinter B

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Betrayal is about ‘a nine year relationship between two men who are best friends’

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Burkman - Emma B

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Emma becomes ‘more and more a mere object to the men’

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Wilde LWF

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Women rule society

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Eisdaile - society LWF

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Society ‘hypocritically ostracises fallen women’

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Bose - women LWF

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society ‘fears self-determining women’s disruptive power’

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Burkman - winning B

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Emma is not only the play’s major victim, she is its only victor as well

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Billington - gender B

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Ability of women to transcend the destruction of male bonds

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Dickson LWF

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The secret to a happy marriage is for both partners to keep secrets from one another

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Wells - love B

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A discourse on failed love

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Malouin - society LWF

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The only true constant is scandal

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Small - play LWF

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The play is full of insincerity and contrivance

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Scolnicov B

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absence of a moral consciousness

18
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Small - morality LWF

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the appearance of morality must be maintained at all costs

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Wells - Emma B

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Emma is the one who withholds and discloses information to Jerry and Robert as she sees fit

20
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Malouin - plea LWF

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This piece is a plea for deliverance from a poisonous, corseted society

21
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Small - gossip LWF

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Wilde’s play shows us the destructiveness of gossip and superficial judgement

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Small - motive LWF

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Mrs Erlynne’s motives might be corrupt, but the corruption of London society is deeper

23
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Wells - fear B

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characters fear disruption of the surface of things more than anything else

Wilde and Pinter (9 decks)

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