Higgins Quotes Flashcards
“I ain’t pretending to be deserving. No, I ain’t pretending to be deserving. I am deserving.”(act 1)
Technique: Colloquial language and repetition.
“I’m not one of the people who pretend that I care for your soul.” (Act 1)
Directness
“I am an ordinary man, who loves ordinary things. I want to help you.” (Act 1)
Ironic self-description.
“You see, I am a man of science, and science has no place for frivolous people.” (Act 2)
Arrogance underpinned by intellect.
“The moment I let you sit down in my laboratory, you can come and be as good as you like.” (Act 2)
Optimistic potential.
“I’m not interested in your kind of people. I only care about the sounds you make.” (Act 2)
Professional detachment.
“You see, l’ve got a kind of theory that people should be taught to talk the same way.” (Act
2)
Intellectual arrogance.
“It’s not your fault you were born into the gutter, but it is your fault if you die there.” (Act 1)
Tough love
“A lady has to have a good education in this world.” (Act 1)
Didactic.
“You’ll be a credit to me, if I have my way.”
Mentorship
“You are a woman, and you have the sentimental nonsense of women’s minds.” (Act 1)
Sexism
“You talk about yourself like a lady. You’re not a lady: you’re a common ignorant girl.”(act1)
Repetition of you’re
“What is to become of you, I really don’t know.” (Act 2)
Dismissive tone
“I am an ordinary man. I’m not a hero. I’m a scientist.”(act 1)
Irony and understatement
“I have created this creature! I am responsible for her appearance, and her manners, and her language!”(act 1)
Repetition of I
“You’re a little idiot. You never know what you are talking about.”(act 1)
Lack of patience
“The moment I let you sit down in my presence, I am admitting you into the ranks of my equals”(act 1)
“I can’t talk to you, for I am a man of science, and my work is for the public good.”
Appeal to science
