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”
CP T2 Raskolnikov
“I had not the right to take that path, because I am just such a louse as all the rest”
CP T2 Raskolnikov
“After reading a few lines… heart throbbed with anguish. … flung the article on the table with disgust and anger”
CP T2 Raskolnikov
“letter of the law was broken and blood was shed. Well, punish me for the letter of the law… and that’s enough”
