Thematic Quotes Flashcards
A Doll House
Henrik Ibsen
ADH Theme 1
Parents are obligated to be integrous role models for their children
ADH Theme 2
Autonomy and independent thought are necessary for people to be content with themselves
ADH T1 Dr Rank
about Rank who was sick throughout childhood - “father was a frightful creature who kept mistresses and so on”
ADH T1 Krogstad
“My sons are growing up: for their sake, I must try to regain what respectability I can”
ADH T1 Torvald
to Nora: “all your father’s recklessness and instability he has handed to you!”
ADH T2 Nora
“I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being”
ADH T2 Nora
about Torvald controlling everything: “took over your taste in everything- or pretended I did- … first one and then the other”
ADH T2 Nora
“no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself…”
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
C and P theme 1
Having a god complex only alienates you from others and leads to self torment
C and P theme 2
A person’s guilt over their actions is the greatest punishment because guilt forces people to change
CP T1 Raskolnikov
“I wanted to become Napoleon, that is why I killed her…”
CP T1 Raskolnikov
“why am I so stupid that if others are stupid- and I know they are- yet I won’t be wiser?”
CP T1 Raskolnikov
committed the murder b/c: “find out then and quickly whether I was a louse like everybody else or a man”
