quotes on money Flashcards
How does Archer show his wealth at the opera? He watches from the “___________ ________” - what does this mean?
‘club box’ physically and symbolically about everyone . C1
WHAT IS OPERA CONCIDRED TO BE?
“Opera is considered as high art” “Its consumers were upper class people”
beauforts origins are…
“all very mysterious”
“the question was: who was Beaufort?”
‘no one really like baufort’
What is Beaufort known for owning?
“the best ballroom in New York” - society disapproves of him yet needs him (a necessary evil).
beauforts failure
he has ‘business irregularities’
- they suffer social expulsion even due to “his power and her popularity”
In the Gilded Age, marriage was a …
“dull association of material and social interest” money at the centre of marriage
The Van der Luydens
“large, solemn house”
“they were the arbiters of fashion, the court of last appeal, and they knew it, and bowed to their fate’
disparity between Beaufort’s public and private persona. Later revealed to be quite a sinister character.
‘these domestic activities were privately performed, and he presented to the world the appearance of a careless and hospitable millionaire’ C3
Emphasises that the elite do not have to work for their money
-‘money making’ considered vulgur because it implies that you dont have family money, and therefore are common.
‘the crude fact of money-making was still regarded as derogatory’ C14
marriage and money
‘after all, marriage is marriage and moneys money - both useful things in their way’, chapter 30, mrs manson mingott
jewels and shame
‘it was Beaufort hone he covered you in jewels and its got to stay Beaufort no he’s covered you in shame’
