Jack Quotes Flashcards
'’Who are the people you……. Act 1
‘‘Oh…
‘‘Got
‘‘Perfectly….’’
A1 -
Algernon - ‘‘Who are the people you amuse?’’
Jack - ‘‘Oh, neighbours, neighbours.’’
Algernon- ‘‘Got nice neighbours…?’’
Jack -‘‘Perfectly horrid’’
Act 1
'’What on earth do you mean…’’’
'’What on earth do you mean by a Bunburyist?’’
Stage direction Act 1 -
[Jack looks at her….]
[Jack looks at her in her amazement] Act 1
'’I must get christened at once - I mean we must…’’
'’I must get christened at once - I mean we must get married at once’’
'’What a….’’
'’What a Gorgon’’
'’She is a monster, without a myth, which is…’’
'’She is a monster, without a myth, which is rather unfair’’
'’I’ll bet you anything… that half an hour….they will be calling
'’I’ll bet you anything ….that half an hour after they have met, they will be calling each other sister’’
'’My own….’’ ‘‘My own….’’
'’My own darling’’ ‘‘My own one!’’
Prescribed directions: Act 2
‘‘[Enter JACK slowly from the back of the garden. He is dressed….’’
’‘[Enter JACK slowly from the back of the garden. He is dressed in the deepest mourning …] Act 2
Act 2 -
[Shakes Miss Prisms hand in….
’‘[Shakes Miss Prisms hand in a tragic manner]’’
'’He died abroad; in….’’
Act 2 -
‘‘He died abroad; in Paris, in fact’’
'’He seems to have expressed a desire….’’
'’He seems to have expressed a desire to be buried in Paris’’ Act 2
'’I don’t see much fun in….it would be….’’
'’I don’t see much fun in being christened along with other babies. It would be childish’’
'’What nonsense! I haven’t got a….’’
Act 2
'’What nonsense! I haven’t got a brother.’’
'’I thinks it is perfectly….’’
'’I think it is perfectly absurd’’ (that your name isnt ernest)
'’Your vanity is ridiculous, your conduct an…. and your presence in my… utterly…’’’
'’Your vanity is ridiculous. your conduct an outrage, and your presence in my garden utterly absurd’’ (need to contexualise’’)
’‘[Clasps hands….]’’ A3
A3-
‘‘[Clasps hands with ALGERNON]’’
Act 3:
JACK and Algernon ‘‘[Speaking together.] Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be…..’’
JACK and Algernon ‘‘[Speaking together.] Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be christened this afternoon’’
Act 3 ‘‘I do not approve at all of his… i suspect him…’’
'’I do not approve at all of his moral character. I suspect him of being untruthful’’ A3(contextualise)
Act 3:
‘‘He subsequently stayed for… and devoured every…. ‘’
“He subsequently stayed for tea, and devoured every single muffin” A3
A3:
‘‘i have no… i never had a… and that i dont intend to have a… not even of….’’
“I have no brother, I have never had a brother , and that I don’t intend to have a brother, not even of any kind” A3
'’The moment you…. to my marriage with…., i will most….. your nephew to form an alliance with…..’’ A3
“the moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen, I will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my ward” A3
A3:
‘‘But after all, who has the…… to cast a….against one who has….’’
“But after all, who has the right to cast a stone against one who has suffered?” A3
“Why should there be one law for…. and another for….?” A3
“Why should there be one law for men, and another for women?” A3
