Mrs Dubose Flashcards

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Wrathful Gaze

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‘when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was nothing.’

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No Better

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‘Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for!’

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Real Couage

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‘I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs Dubose won’

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Beholden

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‘According to her views, she died holden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.’

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