Quotes & Themes Flashcards
Theme: Social Interactions
The skill of social interactions impacts the value of a relationship.
Theme: Deception
Deception can cultivate an end, with the capability of being benevolent, or malevolent.
Theme: Family honour
Reputation and honour is of more importance than illegitimate heirs, highlighting the double standards of chastity.
Quote: Beatrice’s banter
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swears he love me.”
Quote: Benedick banter
“I would my horse had the speed of your tongue and so good a continuer.”
Quote: Claudio sees Hero
“Can the world buy such a precious jewel?”
Quote: Beatrice about Claudio
“is neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, nor well; but civil as an orange, and something of a jealous complexion.”
Quote: Ursula to Hero
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, others traps.”
Quote: Claudio to Leonato
“There, Leonato, take her back again. Give not this rotten orange to your friend, she’s but the sign and semblance of her honour.”
Quote: Benedick’s love
“I do love nothing in this world so well as you. Is that not strange?”
Quote: Beatrice’s love
“I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.”
Theme: Identity
Discovering our identity through overcoming securities allows us to find our purpose in the world.
Theme: Ignorance
Society’s ignorance around patriarchy should be criticised.
Theme: Mother-daughter relationships
Strong mother-daughter relationships are often at the foundation of positive change.
Quote: Barbie’s optimism
“It is the best day ever. So was yesterday, and so is tomorrow, and every day from now until forever!”
Quote: Death thoughts
“Does anybody else ever think about dying?”
Quote: Patriarchy
“Why didn’t Barbie tell me about patriarchy, which, to my understanding, is when men on horses run everything.”
Quote: Ken’s inspiration
“I must get back to Barbie Land to show the other Kens what I’ve learnt.”
Quote: Perfection
“I don’t usually look like this. I normally look perfect.”
“I think you’re just right.”
Mother-daughter relationships
Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell concludes in ‘What Barbie understands about Mother-daughter relationships,’ describing Ruth’s gaze as a “healing, glowing restoration.”
Tongues
Martin Ingram: “men feared, but were also fascinated by, the sharpness of women’s tongues.” From Shakespeare, an Oxford’s guide: Love, sex, and marriage.
Theme: Feminine ideals
Voiceless women, rendered unjust by unquestioned male authority, adhere to the feminine ideals of Elizabethan society.
Strauss’ tone poem
Also Sprach Zarathustra
