Money and Social Status Flashcards
Vittoria, 3.2
“My lord, you might go pistol flies, the sport would be more noble”
Flamineo, 5.6
“Trust a woman? Never, never”
Cornelia, 1.2
“What? Because we are poor shall we be vicious?”
Brachiano, 1.2
“I’ll seat you above law and above scandal”
Giovanni, 5.6 [last lines of play]
“Let guilty men remember their black deeds do lean on crutches made of slender reeds”
Brachiano, 5.2
“The devil in crystal”
Flamineo, 1.2
“Tis just like a summer birdcage in a garden”
In response to unhappiness of Brachiano, men are never happy with what they have achieved, regardless of their position in society
Francisco, 2.1
“Her husband is a lord of poor fortune yet she wears a cloth of tissue”
Paradox of poor fortune
Monticelso, 3.2
“You were born in Venice”
Judged for place, reputation
Link to Venus - Sexuality
