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The empress Key Quotes Flashcards

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Might be dresses up… (Who says it and when?)

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like a fancy peacock but he is still a lackee to the white man. (Hari. Act 1 scene 1)

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From what we can see, the lascars…. (Who says it and when?)

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are treated with utter inhumanity by the head serang. (Ghandi. Act 1, Scene 1)

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Seeing you made me feel like a sailor feels…. (Who says it and when?)

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when he has been drifting (…) then spots the land (…) knowing that he will stand on firm ground (Hari. Act 1, Scene 3)

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Curry will not… (Who says it and when?)

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do at all for the royal digestion (Lady Sarah. Act 1 Scene 4)

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It is hard to get used to… (Who says it and when?)

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keep expecting the earth to sway like this (Rani. Act 1, Scene 4)

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Lascar Sally, the owner, is… (Who says it and when?)

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cussing a sailor in fluent Hindi (Stage Directions, Act 1 Scene 5)

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If it wasn’t for me you’d have to sleep in .. (Who says it and when?)

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the streets. No one else will put you lot up. (lascar sally to lascars. Act 1 Scene 6)

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Cast adrift the starlight, follow the.. (Who says it and when?)

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compass of a wheeling heart. (Lascar song. Act 1, Scene 6)

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As night descends… Rani takes out…

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the compass.. she stares at it for some time. (Stage Directions. Act 1, Scene 6)

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10
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As if Allah… (Who says it and when?)

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himself is watching over us… more a dream. (Abdul- about the Taj Mahal. Act 1, Scene 7)

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11
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Some of those English employers… (Who says it and when?)

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-morals of a ten headed demon. After all - they’re a nation of slave runners. (Firoza. Act 1, Scene 8)

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It’s in their blood…. (Who says it and when?)

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I think it’s different from ours - cold. (Firoza. Act 1, Scene 8)

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13
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I prefer to… (Who says it and when?)

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see you dressed as an Indian woman (Lord Oakham. Act 1 Scene 10)

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You are so lovely… (Who says it and when?)

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Let me look after you, care for you. (Lord Oakham. Act 1 Scene 10)

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you are a (Who says it and when?)

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beloved pet (Victoria. Act 1 Scene 11)

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They fear.. the Munshi… (Who says it and when?)

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is exploiting her Majest. (Lady Sarah. Act 1, Scene 13)

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Your promised to… (Who says it and when?)

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protect and care for me! (Rani. Act 1, Scene 14)

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How does one say… (Who says it and when?)

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‘I love you in Hindi?’ (Victoria. Act 1, Scene 14)

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19
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Remember to use the… (Who says it and when?)

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formal address of you as in ‘aap’ (Abdul. Act 1, Scene 15)

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Asha. Do you like… (Who says it and when?)

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that name? It means ‘Hope’.(Firoza. Act 2 Scene 2)

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A lowly, illiterate Muslim clerk… (Who says it and when?)

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They will not accept that he is their equal. (Victoria. Act 2, Scene 8)

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To me, it’s a person’s character that is important…. (Who says it and when?)

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not their position in the social hierarchy. (Victoria. Act 2, Scene 8)

23
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Every night I… (Who says it and when?)

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thought of your happy, smiling face. (Hari. Act 2, Scene 12)

24
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The Empress of Famine… (Who says it and when?)

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and the Queen of Black Death. (Dadabhai. Act 2, Scene 12)

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I accuse the British of inflicting… (Who says it and when?)

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upon Indians all the scourges of the world; war, pesilence and famine. (Dadabhai. Act 2, Scene 11)

26
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Stripped of royal livery, his…

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turban, jacket and re-dresses as an ordinary civilian. (Stage directions. Act 2 Scene 14)

27
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Once you have had the… (Who says it and when?)

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ultimate student, where else can you go wrong. (Abdul. Act 2, Scene 15)

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So much power in her hands. The lands she… (Who says it and when?)

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rules gravitated towards her, like planets circling the sun. (Abdul. Act 2, Scene 15)

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she never… (Who says it and when?)

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ventured out. (Abdul. Act 2, Scene 15)

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I was educated. Now i am a … (Who says it and when?)

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teacher and I am hoping to set up a school. (Rani. Act 2, Scene 15)

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When I fall asleep,…

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I think of you laughing. (Hari, A1 S1)

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I have failed to gain a seat…

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because an English constituency is not ready to elect a ‘black man’. (Dadabhai A1 S1)

33
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Education is the..

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only path to freedom (Dadabhai A1 S1)

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Read, read and..

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read some more. (Dadabhai A1 S1)

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If you were mine, I’d know…

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how to treat you .. like a godess (Lord Oakham A1 S10)

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I am learning my

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letters. (Hari A1 S10)

37
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We demand equal…

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pay with the white sailors. (Hari A2 S2)

38
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We demand to be…

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respected as members of he human race. (Hari A2 S2)

39
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serve as a refuge for out beloved ayahs…

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who have simply been ill-treated, dismissed from service. (Dadabhai A2 S3)

40
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We still feel pain and..

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suffering for our subjects. (Queen Victoria A2 S4)

41
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But feeling it is..

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not the same as experiencing it. (Abdul A2 S4)

42
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Your subjects are..

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gaining land in your name (Abdul Karim A2 S4)

43
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We do not seek..

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to cause suffering. (Queen Victoria A2 S4)

44
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Nation are..

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being enslaved. (Dadabhai A2 S5)

45
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What words are used to describe the progress in Rani’s reading skills in the stage directions?

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stumbling over the words -> she reads fluently

46
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the Munshi is a servant…

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a teacher, but he is not the equal of us. (Lady Sarah A2 S8)

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I accuse the British of inflicting ‘all the scourges of…

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the world war, pestilence and famine.’ (Dadabhai A2 S11)

48
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WHAT did Victoria do during Dadabhai’s speech - during the cross cut.

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she sent a telegram to the empire reading ‘From my heart I thank my beloved people’

49
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I believed in British fairness…

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but it is actually a myth. (Dadabhai A2 S12)

50
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what does Hari repeat at the beginning and the end?

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the ‘smiling face’. the ‘sailor’ line

51
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SD: Abdul bows deeply to..

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Lady Sarah who simply nods her head

52
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You are a…

not a beloved pet

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family man now. (Dadabhai A2 S15)

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