Loot and Revenger's quotes Flashcards
1
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Finish the quote: “You’ve been a…” Fay pg 8
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“You’ve been a widower for three days. Have you considered a second marriage yet?”
2
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Finish the quote: “The Holy Father hasn’t…” Fay pg 9
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“The Holy Father hasn’t giving a ruling on the subject and so, as far as I’m concerned, they haven’t”
3
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What does Fay respond to McLeavy’ s “What’s a decent interval?” pg 9
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“A fortnight would be long enough to indicate your grief.”
4
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Finish the quote: “Not only firearms, but …” Fay about Hal pg 9
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“Not only firearms, but family-planning equipment”
5
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Finish the quote: “I’m not in favour of…” Fay pg 10
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“I’m not in favour of private grief. Show your emotions in public or not at all.”
6
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Finish the quote: “He say you spend your time…” Fay about Hal pg 11
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“He say you spend your time thieving from slot machines and deflowering the daughters of better men than yourself”
7
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Finish the quote: “And even the…” Fay about Hal pg 12
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“And even the sex you were born into isn’t safe from your marauding.”
8
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What comes after Hal, “I shall die.” pg 12
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Fay “I see you’re DETERMINED TO RUN THE GAMUT OF ALL EXPERIENCE”
9
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Finish the quote: “The Friends of Bingo …” McLeavy pg 13
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“The Friends of Bingo have sent a wreath. The blooms are breathtaking.”
10
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Finish the quote: “It’s a small …” Hal pg 13
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“It’s a small gang. Minute.”
11
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Finish the quote: “A glance through…” Fay to McLeavy pg 14
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“A glance through the Catholic Truth Society’s most recent publication should set your adrenalin flowing.”
12
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What does Fay say about her husbands? pg 14
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“My husbands died. I’ve had seven altogether. One a year on average since I was sixteen.”
12
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What does Fay say about death? pg 16
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“Death can be very tragic for those who are left.”
12
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Finish the quote: “He’s such an…” Fay about McLeavy pg 16
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“He’s such an innocent, isn’t he. Not familiar with the ways of the world.”
13
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Finish the quote: “The smell of…” McLeavy pg 17
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“The smell of corruption and the instruments of death behind them, the riches before them.”
14
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What does McLeavy say about criminals? pg 17
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“But such people never benefit from their crimes.”
15
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What does McLeavy say about police powers? pg 18
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“I’d like to see them given wider powers. They’re hamstrung by red tape.”
16
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What does McLeavy say about the police? pg 18
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“They’re a fine body of men. Doing their job under impossible conditions.”
17
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What does Hal say about the police? pg 18
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‘the police are a lot of idle buffoons.’
18
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What does Dennis say as he begins to screw the down the lid of the coffin? pg 19
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“Don’t want a last squint, do you?”
19
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Finish the quote: “We were a laughing…” Dennis pg 19
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“We were a laughing-stock in criminal circles.”
20
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What does Hal respond to “Why can’t you lie like a normal man?” Dennis pg 19?
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“I cant, baby. It’s against my nature.”
21
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What does Dennis say about Hal’s mum?
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“Think of your mum. Your lovely old mum. She gave you birth.”
22
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Finish the quote: “She’s embalmed…” Hal pg 20
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“She’s embalmed. Good for centuries.”
23
Finish the quote: "Seems a shame really..." Dennis pg 20
"Seems a shame really. The embalmers have done a lovely job"
24
What does Hal say about disposing of the body? pg 20
"Bury it. In a mineshaft. Out in the country. Or in the marshes. Weigh the corpse with a rock."
25
What is the opening line of RT?
Duke: royal lecher: go, grey haired Adultery!
26
How does Vindice describe the dukes family?
Four ex'lent characters!
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What are Vindice's opening rhyming couplets?
Duke: royal lecher: go, grey haired Adultery
And thou his son, as impious steeped as he:
And thou his bastard true-begot in evil:
And thou his duchess that will do with the devil:
28
How does the Duchess want her son to treat legal justice? (Act 1, scene ii)
walk With a bold foot upon the thorny law, Whose prickles should bow under him
29
What does the duchess plot to do in revenge? (Act 1, scene ii)
And therefore wedlock faith shall be forgot. I'll kill him in his forehead.
30
Vindice Act 1 scene iii: Oh Dutch ... drunkards;
Oh Dutch lust! Fulsome lust! Drunken procreation, which begets so many drunkards
31
Vindice Act 1 scene iii: To slide ... incest!
To slide from the mother and cling the daughter-in-law;
Some uncles are adulterous with their nieces,
Brothers with brothers' wives - Oh hour of incest!
32
What does Lussurioso suggest that his panda should do to get Castiza? (Act 1, scene iii)
If she proves chaste still and unmovable,
Venture upon the mother, and with gifts
As I will furnish thee, begin with her.
33
What rhyming couplet does Antonio responds to his wife's suicide with? (Act 1, scene iv)
Deemed it a nobler dowry for her name,
To die with poison than to live with shame.
34
What does Castiza ask of her mother? (Act 2, scene i)
Mother, come from that poisonous woman there.
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What does Vindice say about Castiza to the audience? (Act 2, scene i)
Oh angels clap your wings upon the skies
And give this virgin crystal plaudities!
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Act 2 scene i What does Vindice say about gold and women?
Were't not for gold and women there would be no damnation.
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Act 2 scene i What does Vindice say about women and men?
But 'twas decreed before the world began,
That they should be the hooks to catch at man.
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Act 2 scene iii What does the Duke say about his sins.
I have great sins, I must have days.
Nay months, dear son, with penitential heaves,
39
What is Fays introduction?
[in a nurses uniform] Wake up. Stop dreaming.
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Fay pg 8: You must ...
You must find someone to take Mrs McLeavy's place. She wasn't perfect.
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Media response to Loot: Too many ...
“Too many flat lines in this macabre farce”
42
Media response to Loot: Farce ..
Farce - but it's so sick
43
What did Orton say in his diary about Loot?
They’ll be screaming hysterics in no time.
44
Fay: You must marry ...
I can visualise ...
You must marry a girl with youth and vitality.
I can visualise her - medium height, slim, fair hair. A regular visitor to some place of worship.
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Hal pg 11: He said he was glad ...
He said he was glad she died at the right season for roses.
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Fay pg 12: He simply cannot ...
He simply cannot be in the confessional twenty-four hours a day.
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Fay: Was that economy or malpractice Hal: ...
We were too young then to practice and economics still defeat us.
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Pg 13 McLeavy: (With a loud exclamation) ...
Another catastrophe has hit the district!
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Fay: pg 13 I've had trouble ...
I've had trouble with institutions
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pg 15 Fay: They had to ...
They had to be persuaded *(With a bright smile)*
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pg 17 McLeavy: Was your ...
Was your Chapel of Rest defiled?
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pg 17 McLeavy: And me, a ...
And me, a good man by any light, moving among such people
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pg 17 McLeavy: It's people like ...
It's people like myself who have the easy time.
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pg 18 Dennis: Knocked us ...
Knocked us up they did. Turning over every bleeding thing.
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pg 20 Hal: Think what's ...
Think what's at stake. *He goes to the wardrobe and unlocks it.* Money.
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pg 20 Dennis: Won't she ...
Won't she rot it? The body juices?
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pg 21 Hal: *He goes to the mirror*...
*He goes to the mirror and combs his hair.* It's a Freudian nightmare
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pg 21 Hal: I am a ...
I am a Catholic. I can't undress her. She's a relative. I can go to Hell for it.
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pg 21 Hal: Every luxury ...
Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breast-feeding, circumcision.
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pg 21 Hal: Run by a ...
Run by a woman who was connected to the Royal Family one time. Very ugly bird.
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pg 22 Dennis: Under that ...
Under that picture of the Sacred
Heart.
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pg 22 Dennis: I'd like to get married. It's the one thing I haven't tried. Hal: ...
I don't like your living for kicks, baby.
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pg 22 Hal: Yes, he has a nice ...
Yes, he has a nice line in corporal punishment. Last time he was here he kicked my old lady's cat and he smiled while he did it.
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pg 23 *Hal goes to the coffin and kneels in prayer.* Hal: ...
That brothel I mentioned has swing doors. *(He bows his head)* You don't often see that, do you?
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pg 24 McLeavy: That dress is ...
That dress is attractive. Suits you. Black.
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pg 26 Truscott: My methods of ...
*He takes*...
My methods of deduction can be learned by anyone with a keen eye and a quick brain.
*He takes out his pipe and chews on it.*
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pg 27: Truscott *(pleasantly)*. I'm a ...
*(pleasantly)*. I'm a council employee who has let his imagination wander.
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pg 28-29 McLeavy: I like to be ...
As a good ...
I like to be of assistance to authority.
As a good citizen I ignore the stories which bring officialdom into dispute.
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pg 29 Hal: The contents of ...
The contents of that coffin are very precious to me.
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pg 30 Fay: Your wife changed ...
I'm most ...
Your wife changed her will shortly before she died. She left all her money to me.
I'm most embarrassed by Mrs McLeavy's generosity.
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pg 31 McLeavy: The pains ...
The pains in my legs. Fay: Exercise is good for them.
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pg 32 Fay: Has he a...
Has he a bank statement on him?
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pg 35 Fay: *Pause.* She's ...
*Pause.* She's standing on her head.
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pg 35 Fay: Young men ...
Young men pepper their conversation with tales of rape. It creates a good impression.
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pg 36 Hal: You've never ...
You've never had the blessing of a rape. I was with him at his only ravishment.
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pg 38 Hal: I'd like to run ...
I'd like to run a brothel *(He pushes the stockings into the shoes)*
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pg 38 Hal: I'd have a ...
I'd make the ...
I'd have a spade bird ... I'd make them kip together. To bring out the contrast.
I'd make the Protestant take Catholics and the Catholic take Protestants.
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Corpse directions:
he click the teeth like catanets
takes the eye from his pocket
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pg 42 Truscott: The police patrol ...
The police patrol regularly. It should be impossible to commit the smallest act of indecency.
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pg 42 Fay: God works ...
God works for them. They have Him in their pockets.
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pg 47 Truscott: If you oppose me ...
if you oppose me in my duty, I'll kick those teeth through the back of your head
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pg 49 McLeavy: The dignity ...
The dignity of the event was unsurpassed.
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pg 50 McLeavy: My wounds ...
My wounds stem from a fear crazed Afghan hound.
84
What is Fay's last line?
People would talk. We must keep up appearances.
85
What is the tableau of Loot?
She returns to her prayers, her lips move silently. Dennis and Hal at either side of the coffin.
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McLeavy's last line?
Oh, what a terrible thing to happen to a man who's been kissed by the Pope.
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Truscott's last (good) line?
It's a maxim of the force: 'Never search your own backyard - you may find what you're looking for'
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Hal's last (good) line?
It's comforting to know that the police can still be relied upon when we're in trouble.
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1:1 Vindice: Murder unpaid?...
Murder unpaid? Faith, give Revenge her due, ... be merry, merry
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Vindice on the wealthy 1:1 To have their costly ...
Can make great ...
To have their costly three-piled flesh work off
Can make great men, as greatness goes by clay,
But wise men, little, are more great than they.
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Hipolitito on the courts 1:1
In silk and silver, never braver.
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Vindice 1:1 Women are apt ...
Women are apt you know to take false money.
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Because their sex is easy in belief
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Vindice on justice 1:1 Sister y'ave ...
Sister y'ave sentenced most direct and true,
The law's a woman, and would she were you.
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Duke 2:3 Many a ...
Many a beauty have I turned to poison
In denial, covetous of all;
Age hot, is like a monster to be seen:
My hairs are white and yet my sins are green.
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Ambitioso 3:1 The falling ...
The falling of one neck lifts up another.
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Ambitioso: Alive!
Supervacuo: In health!
A: Oh death and vengeance!
S: Hell and torments!
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Vindice 3:5 Let our two hands...tragedy good.
Let our two hands tear at his lids
And make his eyes, like comets, shine through the blood.
When the bad bleeds, then is the tragedy good.
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4:3 Vindice and Hippolito confront Gratiana.
V: Oh thou for whom no name is bad enough!
G: What means my sons? What, will you murder me?
V: Wicked, unnatural women
H: Fiend of women!
G: Oh! Are sons turned monsters? Help!
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5:3 Antonio to Vindice: Such an old ...
Such an old man as he!
You that would murder him would murder me!
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5:3 Vindice: Is there one enemy...our foes.
Is there one enemy left alive amonst those?
'Tis time to die when we are ourselves our foes.
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Vindice's last lines?
I' faith we're well - our mother turned, our sister true,
We die after a nest of dukes! Adieu.
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Last lines of RT?
Antonio: How subtly was that murder closed! Bear up
Those tragic bodies; 'tis a heavy season.
Pray heaven their blood may wash away all treason.
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1:2 The Duke to the judges: I leave him ...
I leave him to your sentence: doom him, lords,
The fact is great - whilst I sit by and sigh.
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1:2 Judge: A rape! ...
A rape! Why 'tis the very core of lust,
Double adultery.
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1:2 Youngest son: Why flesh ...
My faults ...
3:4 My fault was sweet ... loves.
Why flesh and blood my lord:
What should move men unto a woman else?
My faults being sport, let me but die in jest.
My fault was sweet sport which the world approves;
I die for that which every woman loves.
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1:2 Duchess on Spurio: And here comes he...
And here comes he who my heart points unto,
His bastard son, but my love's true-begot.
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1:2 Duchess on adultery: the curse o' ...
The curse o' the womb, the thief of Nature,
Begot against the seventh commandment
Half damned in the conception by the justice of that unbribed everlasting law.
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Spurio on his birth 1:2
Adultery is ... is just.
Adultery is my nature
After some gluttonous dinner
The sin of feasts, drunken adultery.
I feel it swell me; my revenge is just.
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2:2 Vindice as an aside: The daughter's ...
The daughter's fall lifts up the mother's head
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2:2 Gratiana on women's weakness
Oh heavens this overcomes me!
We are so weak that their words can overthrow us.
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2:2 Gratiana on Castiza's chastity
If she be still ...
Virginity is ...
If she be still chaste I'll ne'er call her mine.
Virginity is paradise, locked up.
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1:2 Who does Spurio hate?
I love thy mischief well but I hate thee,
hate all I!
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1:3 Vindice: Unto the self-same ...
Unto the self-same form, forget my nature.
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1:4 Antonio on his wife's death
Of a fair ...
A prayer ...
Of a fair comely building newly fallen,
A prayer book the pillow to her cheek
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3:5 Vindice on killing the duke:
As much as... steel
Now nine ...
As much as the dumb thing can, he shall feel;
What fails in poison we'll supply in steel.
Now nine years vengeance crowd into a minute.
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3:5 Humour in the killing of the Duke
Vindice: a little bashful at first ... She's somewhat a grave look with her.
Not like a slobbering Dutchman.
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last line of 3:5 Vindice: The dukedom wants ...
The dukedom wants a head, though yet unknown;
As fast as they peep up let's cut 'em down.
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4:3 The son's on the Duchesses affair
The nobler ...
The duke's ...
Supervacuo:
The nobler she's, the baser is she grown
The duke's bastard! Shame heaped on shame!
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5:1 Revel quotes
Noble: Prepare for revels!
Vindice: Revels!
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Supervacuo: In this time of revels tricks may be set afoot.
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Introduction on Vindice: As a poet ... tradegy
As a poet he sees the skull beneath the skin, and as a revenger he carries out some of the cruelest killings in all English Renaissance tragedy.
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Steven Mullany: Making his chaste ...
Making his chaste lover the vehicle of her own revenge means subjecting her to the fate she died to avoid
