Peter Grimes Quotes Flashcards
“boy from ……. care broke loose” violence
“boy from stubborn care broke loose”
“He knew not …….., and he laugh’d at law” restoration of order
“He knew not justice, and laugh’d at law”
“a feeling ……… subject to his power” criminal psyche
“a feeling creature subject to his power”
“Pinn’d ……., cold, pinch’d, …….. and ………” nature of crime
“Pinn’d, beaten, cold, pinch’d, threaten’d and abused”
“A dark …. …… ran silently and slow.” setting
“A dark warm flood ran silently and slow.”
“on hearing ……, said calmly, Grimes is at his ……….” comment on society
“on hearing cries, said calmly, Grimes is at his exercise”
“Then came a boy, of manners … and …..” victims of crime
“The came a boy, of manners soft and mild.” 3rd boy
“the trembling boy dropp’d down and ……. to ……” victims of crime
“the trembling boy dropp’d down and strove to pray.” 2nd boy
“the start of …. and groan of ……..” guilt and remorse
“the start of terror and groan of fear.”
“found he spoke at times, as one …. to his ….. and crimes.” confession
“found he spoke at times, as one alluding to his fears and crimes
“As if he stood ……….. in a ……..” criminal psyche, nature of criminal
“As if he stood bewildered in a dream.”
“Again they come! and ……… as he ………” resolution
“Again they come! and mutter’d as he died”
“Of ………. females, …….. around his bed.” comment on society
“Of frighten’d females, gathering around his bed.”
“His father’s ….. he scorn’d it” nature of criminal
“His father’s love he scorn’d it.”
