Manners vs Morals

Question 1

LWF - manners over morals 5 QUOTES

Answer 1

• “manners before morals”
• “repentance is quite out of date”
• “Don’t spoil the one good thing i have done in my life by telling it to anyone”
• “wicked women bother one. Good women bore one”
• “I will have no one in my house about whom there is any scandal”

Question 2

LWF - manners over morals 2 CRITICS

Answer 2

• Malouin - The only true constant is scandal
• Small - The play is full of insincerity and contrivance

Question 3

LWF - manners over morals CONTEXT

Answer 3

• Fallen woman
• Misogyny

Question 4

Betrayal - morality unimportant 4 QUOTES

Answer 4

• “He’s (R) Betrayed me for years” J “But we betrayed him for years” E “And he betrayed me for years.”
• “I just felt like giving her a good bashing. The old itch…you understand.”
• “I should have blackened you, in your white wedding dress”
• “I’ve always liked him (J) rather more than I’ve liked you. Maybe I should have had an affair with him myself”

Question 5

Betrayal - morality unimportant CRITICS

Answer 5

• Scolnicov - “absence of a moral consciousness”

Question 6

Betrayal - morality unimportant CONTEXT

Answer 6

• 40% of women having affair
• Back then, domestic violence was seen as a “private matter”, to be dealt with “behind closed doors”. Society turned a blind eye.