Peter Grimes Flashcards
1
Q
“A father’s pleasure, when his toil was done…”
A
“To plague and torture thus an only son!”
2
Q
“Another boy…”
A
“with equal ease was found”
3
Q
“I humbled me and pray’d”
A
“They would be gone”
4
Q
“His crimes they could not from their memories blot…”
A
“But they were grieved and trembled at his lot”
5
Q
“They in their trifling sum would take…”
A
“And toiling slaves of piteous orphans make”
6
Q
“He thought it hard…”
A
“Hard that he could not every wish obey”
7
Q
“He toil’d and rail’d…”
A
“he groaned and swore alone”
8
Q
“As if he stood bewildered in a dream…”
A
“To feel a curse or meditation on crime”
9
Q
“Pinned., beaten, cold, pinched…”
A
“threatened and abused”
10
Q
“The mind exhibited here is one untouched by pity…” (Crabbe’s thoughts)
A
“unstung by remorse and uncorrected by shame”
