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(FINISHED) 2.1 The Rivals Quotes Flashcards

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Sir Anthony on the Black Arts

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I’d sooner have [his theoretical daughters] taught the black arts as their alphabets

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Sir Anthony on passion

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Passion is of no service, you impudent, insolent, over-bearing reprobate…

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Sir Anthony on Dogs

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You young dog!

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Sir Anthony on forgiveness

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! … I’d die sooner than forgive him… you shall be Jack again… my dear Jack…

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Sir Anthony on pleasing father

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To please my father? Zounds, not to please - O, my father!

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Jack Absolute on sycophancy

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Mild, gentle, considerate father

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Jack Absolute on sycophancy and women

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And which is to be mine? The niece or the aunt?

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Jack Absolute on cooler judgements

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How mean does this captious, unsatisfied temper of mine appear to my cooler judgement?

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Jack Absolute on Mrs Malaprop

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old, weather beaten she dragon

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Jack Absolute to Mrs Malaprop

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An impudent coxcomb!

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Faulkland on happiness

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What! Happy - and I away?

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Faulkland on treason

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I should regard every mirthful moment in your absence as a treason to constancy

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Faulkland on wishing

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If you loved me as I wished

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Faulkland on coming and going

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Ay, she is coming now… no faith, she is not coming either… she is coming too… she’s not coming!

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Bob Acres on valour

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My valour is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing off….

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Bob Acres on clothing

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I’ll make these old clothes know who’s master! … my hair has been in training for quite some time

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Bob Acres on rage

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Dear Sir Lucius, let me be in a rage, if you love me

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Bob Acres on English legs

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Mine are true born English legs, they don’t understand their cursed French lingo!

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Bob Acres on fighting

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We must fight to prevent any misunderstanding

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Sir Lucius O’Trigger on heinous offences

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Can a man commit a more heinous offence against another man than to fall in love with the same woman?

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Sir Lucius O’Trigger on honour

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What the devil signifies right when honour is concerned?

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Bob Acres on Swearing

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Oath referential or sentimental swearing! …. Odds, whips and wheels, Odds crickets!

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Fag on revenge

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To revenge one’s self on another, who happens to come in the way is the vilest injustice!… [exits, kicking the squire)

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Fag on money

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If I did not want money I’d steal your mistress and her fortune

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David on honour
This honour seems to be a rather marvellous false friend
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David on Ancestors
Our ancestors are good folks, but they're the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with
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David on mischief
Ay, in the name of mischief
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Fag on divulging
True Ma'am, as you say, one should be quick in divulging matters of this nature
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Mrs Malaprop on thought
Thought does not become a young woman
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Mrs Malaprop on pineapples
The pineapple of politeness
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Mrs Malaprop on murder
Why, murder's the matter! slaughter's the matter! killing's the matter! - but he can tell you the perpendiculars
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Mrs Malaprop on uncle
I hated your poor dear uncle before marriage as if he's been a blackamoor
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Mrs Malaprop on language attacks
An attack upon my language... sure I reprehend anything in this world
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Lydia Languish on alternatives
"Nor could I love the man who would wish to wait a day for the alternative.”
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Sir Anthony on livestock
"If you have the estate, you must take it with the live stock on it, as it stands.”
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Lydia Languish on obedience
Obligation! why a water spaniel would have done as much! Well, I should never think of giving my heart to a man because he could swim!
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Julia Meville on debt
I have learned to think myself his debtor
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Julia Meville on sorrow smiles
I have often dressed sorrow in smiles, lest my friends should guess whose unkindness had caused my tears
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Julia Meville on a lover's privilege
The contract which my poor father bound us in gives you more than a lovers privilege
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Lucy on her purse
I shall not enter his name till my purse has received notice in form
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Lucy on Delia
I should not be paid so well if my hero knew that Delia was near fifty
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Name some of the books Lydia and Lucy talk of
The Reward of ConstancyThe Fatal Connection
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Name some sentimental comedians
Richard Steele (Conscious Lovers - Indiana protagonist) Colley Cibber and George Farquhar
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Lydia on not quarrelling
"we never had a quarrel!"
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Lydia on men desiring her money
"Nor could I love the man who would wish to wait a day for the alternative"
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Lydia on Faulkland's loyalty
"Why a water-spaniel would have done as much"
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Malaprop is all about verbal irony, but what is situationally ironic in her discourse?
“that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying”
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In what quote does Lucy respect simplicity as an entity?
So, my dear simplicity, let me give you a little respite”
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What does Fag do in order to ensure his lies work?
“I always forge endorsements as well as the bill”
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What triad from Jack best regards Faulkland's attitude?
You are the most teasing, captious, incorrigible lover
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Seasonality can be a dangerous thing, Acres postulates; what can it do?
“If it rains, some shower may even then have chilled her delicate frame! – If the wind be keen, some rude blast may have affected her”
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What comedy of artifice is at play in Anthony's volte face?
To please my father! Zounds! Not to please – O my father! –oddso!- yes- yes!”
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Hydro...
It gives me the hydrostatics to such a degree
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What does Acres say to renounce his claim to Lydia?
I give up all my claim. I make no pretensions to anything in the world’
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What is the quote which features Anthony comically mirroring the quotes from others on stage?
Jack, how durst you insult the gentleman in a manner which his honour could not brook?’
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Name some of the books Lydia and Lucy talk of
The Reward of ConstancyThe Fatal Connection
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Name some sentimental comedians
Richard Steele (Conscious Lovers - Indiana protagonist) Colley Cibber and George Farquhar
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Lydia on not quarrelling
"we never had a quarrel!"
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Lydia on men desiring her money
"Nor could I love the man who would wish to wait a day for the alternative"
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Lydia on Faulkland's loyalty
"Why a water-spaniel would have done as much"
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Malaprop is all about verbal irony, but what is situationally ironic in her discourse?
“that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying”
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In what quote does Lucy respect simplicity as an entity?
So, my dear simplicity, let me give you a little respite”
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What does Fag do in order to ensure his lies work?
“I always forge endorsements as well as the bill”
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What triad from Jack best regards Faulkland's attitude?
You are the most teasing, captious, incorrigible lover
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What comedy of artifice is at play in Anthony's volte face?
To please my father! Zounds! Not to please – O my father! –oddso!- yes- yes!”
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Hydro...
It gives me the hydrostatics to such a degree
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What does Acres say to renounce his claim to Lydia?
I give up all my claim. I make no pretensions to anything in the world’
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What is the quote which features Anthony comically mirroring the quotes from others on stage?
Jack, how durst you insult the gentleman in a manner which his honour could not brook?’

(FINISHED) (A2) Pre-U English Quotes and Devices (16 decks)

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