Red Door Quotes Flashcards
Personal Identity
‘I have always worn these things because everyone else does.’
‘I wish to be red.’
‘Perhaps his belonging had been like the Hallowe’en mask.’
Personal Identity
‘As he stared at the door he felt strange flutterings.’
‘He was liked by everyone since he didn’t offend anyone by gossiping.’
‘The sea was like a strange volume which none could read.’
The Restrictions/Pressures of community life on an individual
‘No-one in his experience had had a red door in the village before.’
‘He read the Daily Record as they did.
‘Only once had he shown enthusiasm … exclamation which had been repeated as a sign of his foolishness’
The Restrictions/Pressures of community life on an individual
‘She … was considered slightly odd by the villagers.’
… as if it were a work of art.’
‘The red door stood out against the whiteness of the frost.’
Relationships
‘There was another spinster in the village.’
‘She would walk by herself at night.’
Relationships
‘Murdo was a bachelor who had never brought himself to propose marriage to anyone.’
‘He would even play draughts with one of them sometimes.’
‘He had made overtures’
