YEAR 12 key quotes - Duchess/Streetcar Flashcards
‘I forgive…’
‘I forgive them’ – Duchess, 4:2
‘[kneels] Come…’
‘[kneels] Come, violent death’ – Duchess, 4:2
‘I am Duchess…’
‘I am Duchess of Malfi still’ – Duchess, 4:2
‘I can do…’
‘I can do both like a prince’ – Duchess, 3:2 (live or die)
Blanche’s fake clothes
‘rhinestone tiara’ – Stella, 2
‘inexpensive’ (Stella) ‘fox fur pieces’ (Stanley) – 2
‘They are most…’
‘They are most luxurious,/ Will wed twice.’ – F, 1:2
‘Farewell…’
‘Farewell, lusty widow!’ – F, 1:2
‘soft people have got…’
‘soft people have got to court the favour of hard ones’ – B, 1:5
‘Let old wives…’
‘Let old wives report,/ I winked and chose a husband’ – D, 1:2
‘I did vow never…’
‘I did vow never to part with it,/ But to my second husband.’ - Duchess, 1:2
‘She’s a young…’
‘She’s a young widow;/ I would not have her marry again.’ – F to B, 1:2
‘A…’
‘A sister damned’ – F, 2:5
‘I’d make them…’
‘I’d make them my low footsteps’ – D, 1:2
‘White suit with…’
‘White suit with a fluffy bodice’ – 1
‘delicate…’
‘delicate beauty [that] must avoid a strong light ’ - 1
‘sister and…’
‘Sister and I in desperate situation’ – B, 4
‘These words should…’
‘These words should be mine/ And all the parts you have spoke’ – Antonio, 1:2
‘My rule is…’
‘My rule is only in the night’ - Antonio, 3:2
‘loud wack…’
‘loud wack of his hand on her thigh’ – 3
‘He falls…’
‘He falls on his knees on the steps’ – 3
‘as good as…’
‘as good as a lamb when I came back’ – 4
‘You have shook…’
‘You have shook hands with Reputation,/ And made him invisible.’ – Ferdinand, 3:2
‘The common…’
‘The common rabble do directly say/ She is a strumpet.’ – Antonio, 3:1
‘let my…’
‘let my best friend get caught!’ – Stanley, 7
‘not clean…’
‘not clean enough’ – Mitch, 9
‘Blanche walks…’
‘Blanche walks on without turning’ – 11
‘the heroine defines her…’
‘the heroine defines her integrity not by development […] but by a stoical resistance to change’ – D. L. Frost
Jankowski says that the Duchess’ double role as wife and ruler makes her…’
an ‘uneasy and threatening figure’ [Jankowski, Defining/Confining the Duchess]
‘pours a half…’
‘pours a half tumbler of whisky and tosses it down’ – 1
‘takes off her…’
‘takes off her blouse and stands […] in the light’ - 3)
‘Blanche is caught…’
‘Blanche is caught between her inmost ‘desires’ and how she must appear to others’ – Emma Kirby
Stanley is arguably… at the end of Scene 3
Stanley is arguably ‘sensitive and passionate’ at the end of Scene 3 – Simon Bubb
what two sides does Jankowski argue Webster’s play has?
Jankowski argues that TDOM has two ‘contradictory’ sides: one that ‘validates male family members’ rights over their female “property’ and one that mandates female free choice.
‘establish this young….’
‘establish this young hopeful gentleman/ In’s mother’s right.’ - Delio, 5:5
‘tosses the instrument…’
‘tosses the instrument out the window’ – 3
‘serve ‘em to Her…’
‘serve ‘em to Her Majesty in the tub’ – Stanley, 7
‘That girl…’
‘That girl calls me common!’ – Stanley, 7
‘A pair of…’
‘A pair of queens’ – Stanley, 8
‘most…’
‘livers are…’
‘most luxurious’ ‘livers are more spotted’ – Ferdinand, 1:2
‘I would have their …’
‘I would have their bodies burnt in a coal pit’ – Ferdinand, 2:5
‘whether I am doomed…’
‘whether I am doomed to live or die,/ I can do both like a prince’ – Duchess, 3:2
‘Here is a present…’
‘Here is a present from your princely brothers’ – Bosola, 4:2
> the coffin
‘incongruous to…’
‘as if she were…’ – 1
‘incongruous to this setting’ – 1
‘as if she were arriving at a summer tea’ – 1
‘soiled and…’
‘soiled and crumpled white satin evening gown’ – 10
Stella ‘snatches up her…’
Stella ‘snatches up her white hat and gloves’ – 2
‘spilt something on…’
‘spilt something on that pretty white lace collar’ – Blanche, 1
‘roughly…’
‘red-stained…’
‘roughly dressed’
‘red-stained package’
‘Duchess of…’
‘Duchess of Malfi still’
‘I’ll never marry’ to
‘I’ll never marry’ to ‘Let old wives report/ I winked and chose a husband’ – 1:2
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‘I pulled you down off…’
‘I pulled you down off them columns and how you loved it’ – Stanley, 8
‘Maybe he’s what we…’
‘Maybe he’s what we need to mix with our blood now’ – Blanche, 2
‘A man like that is someone to…’
‘A man like that is someone to go out with [not someone to] live with’ – Blanche, 4
‘The misery…’
‘forced to woo…’
‘The misery of us that are born great’ – Duchess, 1:2
‘forced to woo, because none dare woo us’ – Duchess, 1:2
The Duchess’ double position due to her marriage makes her…’
The Duchess’ double position due to her marriage makes her an ‘uneasy and threatening figure’- Jankowski
‘Forget this …’
‘Forget this base, low fellow –‘ – Bosola, 3:5
‘quits first his…’
‘quits first his royal palace/ Of flattering sycophants’ – Antonio, 1:1
‘poison’t…’
‘poison’t near the head’ – Antonio, 1:1
‘like plum…’
‘like plum trees that grow crooked’ – Bosola, 1:1
‘The Lord Ferdinand…’
‘The Lord Ferdinand laughs.’ – Pescara, 3:3
> some of the key moments in the play are told through the eyes of courtiers eg. when F and C find out that the Duchess is married to and has children with A
‘observe…’
‘observe the Duchess’ – Ferdinand, 1:2
> espionage
‘Gives her a…’
‘Gives her a dead man’s hand’ – 4:1
‘artificial…’
‘artificial figures of Antonio and his children’ – 4:1
‘From the outset, Stanley attempts to….’
‘From the outset, Stanley attempts to destroy Blanche’s carefully constructed persona’ – Kirby
‘shaking all over…’
‘shaking all over and panting for breath’ – Blanche, 1
‘I’m afraid I’m…’
‘I’m afraid I’m – going to be sick!’ – Blanche, 1
‘I’m in desperate…’
‘I’m in desperate, desperate circumstances! Help me! Caught in a trap.’ – Blanche, 10
‘still…’
‘still shuddering with sobs’ - 3 (stanley)
‘You fly beyond…’
‘this…’
‘You fly beyond your reason’ – Cardinal, 2:5
‘this rupture’ – Cardinal, 2:5
‘Her sanity becomes…’
‘Her sanity becomes dependent on sustaining her stories’ – Kirby
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‘She’s been…’
‘she’s been feeding us a pack of lies’ – Stanley, 7
‘everyone else in the…’
‘everyone else in the town of Laurel knows all about her’ – Stanley, 7
‘I bought her….’
‘I bought her ticket myself.’ – Stanley, 7
‘We’ve had this…’
We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning!’ – Stanley, 10
‘This is no…’
‘This is no way to do it’ – Steve, 11
‘Gives her a…’
‘Gives her a dead man’s hand’ – 4:1
‘the artificial figures of…’
‘the artificial figures of Antonio and his children, appearing as if they were dead.’ – 4:1
‘To bring her…’
‘To bring her to despair’ – Ferdinand, 4:1
‘this last…’
‘this last cruel lie’ – Bosola, 4:1
‘approved/ Those giddy…’
‘approved/ Those giddy and wild turnings in yourself.’ - Bosola, 2:4
‘dark side of…’
dark side of Stanley’s masculine power’ – Bubb
‘‘Blanche will have Stanley’s…’
‘Blanche will have Stanley’s version of reality forced upon her’ – Lucy Webster
‘a loud whack of his…’
‘a loud whack of his hand on her thigh’ – Stanley, 3
‘you’ve put on…’
‘plump as a…’
‘you’ve put on some weight’
‘plump as a little partridge’ – Blanche, 1
‘I haven’t put on…’
‘I haven’t put on one ounce in ten years’ – Blanche, 1
‘The poor thing was out..’
‘The poor thing was out there listening […] she doesn’t understand you as well as I do’ – Blanche, 2
‘There’s nothing to…’
‘There’s nothing to be scared of.’ – Mitch, 3
‘You just – do…’
‘You just – do what you want to.’ – Mitch, 6
‘I told my…’
‘I told my mother how nice you were’ – Mitch, 6
‘What I been…’
What I been missing all summer’ – Mitch, 9
‘You! You…’
‘lunges and…’
‘You! You done this’ – Mitch, 11
‘lunges and strikes at Stanley’ - 11
‘Could it be…’
‘Could it be – you and me, Blanche?’ – Mitch, 6
‘Whose throat…’
‘Whose throat must I cut?’ – B, 1:2
‘Forget this…’
‘Forget this base, low fellow’ – Bosola, 3:5
‘Never in mine…’
Never [will he see her again] in mine own shape’ – B, 4:1
‘I am angry with…’
‘I am angry with myself now that I wake.’ – B, 4:2
‘The man I would…’
‘The man I would have saved ‘bove mine own life’ – B, 5:4
Mitch ‘reveals himself to be…’
‘reveals himself to be almost as cruel at Stanley’ – Bubb
Bosola as a ‘man divided…’
Bosola as a ‘man divided within himself’ – David Gunby
