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YEAR 12 key quotes - Duchess/Streetcar Flashcards

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‘I forgive…’

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‘I forgive them’ – Duchess, 4:2

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‘[kneels] Come…’

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‘[kneels] Come, violent death’ – Duchess, 4:2

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‘I am Duchess…’

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‘I am Duchess of Malfi still’ – Duchess, 4:2

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‘I can do…’

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‘I can do both like a prince’ – Duchess, 3:2 (live or die)

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Blanche’s fake clothes

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‘rhinestone tiara’ – Stella, 2
‘inexpensive’ (Stella) ‘fox fur pieces’ (Stanley) – 2

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‘They are most…’

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‘They are most luxurious,/ Will wed twice.’ – F, 1:2

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‘Farewell…’

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‘Farewell, lusty widow!’ – F, 1:2

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‘soft people have got…’

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‘soft people have got to court the favour of hard ones’ – B, 1:5

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‘Let old wives…’

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‘Let old wives report,/ I winked and chose a husband’ – D, 1:2

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‘I did vow never…’

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‘I did vow never to part with it,/ But to my second husband.’ - Duchess, 1:2

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‘She’s a young…’

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‘She’s a young widow;/ I would not have her marry again.’ – F to B, 1:2

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‘A…’

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‘A sister damned’ – F, 2:5

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‘I’d make them…’

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‘I’d make them my low footsteps’ – D, 1:2

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‘White suit with…’

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‘White suit with a fluffy bodice’ – 1

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‘delicate…’

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‘delicate beauty [that] must avoid a strong light ’ - 1

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‘sister and…’

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‘Sister and I in desperate situation’ – B, 4

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‘These words should…’

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‘These words should be mine/ And all the parts you have spoke’ – Antonio, 1:2

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‘My rule is…’

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‘My rule is only in the night’ - Antonio, 3:2

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‘loud wack…’

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‘loud wack of his hand on her thigh’ – 3

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‘He falls…’

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‘He falls on his knees on the steps’ – 3

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‘as good as…’

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‘as good as a lamb when I came back’ – 4

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‘You have shook…’

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‘You have shook hands with Reputation,/ And made him invisible.’ – Ferdinand, 3:2

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‘The common…’

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‘The common rabble do directly say/ She is a strumpet.’ – Antonio, 3:1

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‘let my…’

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‘let my best friend get caught!’ – Stanley, 7

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‘not clean…’

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‘not clean enough’ – Mitch, 9

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‘Blanche walks…’

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‘Blanche walks on without turning’ – 11

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‘the heroine defines her…’

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‘the heroine defines her integrity not by development […] but by a stoical resistance to change’ – D. L. Frost

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Jankowski says that the Duchess’ double role as wife and ruler makes her…’

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an ‘uneasy and threatening figure’ [Jankowski, Defining/Confining the Duchess]

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‘pours a half…’

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‘pours a half tumbler of whisky and tosses it down’ – 1

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‘takes off her…’

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‘takes off her blouse and stands […] in the light’ - 3)

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‘Blanche is caught…’

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‘Blanche is caught between her inmost ‘desires’ and how she must appear to others’ – Emma Kirby

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Stanley is arguably… at the end of Scene 3

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Stanley is arguably ‘sensitive and passionate’ at the end of Scene 3 – Simon Bubb

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what two sides does Jankowski argue Webster’s play has?

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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.

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‘establish this young….’

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‘establish this young hopeful gentleman/ In’s mother’s right.’ - Delio, 5:5

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‘tosses the instrument…’

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‘tosses the instrument out the window’ – 3

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‘serve ‘em to Her…’

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‘serve ‘em to Her Majesty in the tub’ – Stanley, 7

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‘That girl…’

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‘That girl calls me common!’ – Stanley, 7

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‘A pair of…’

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‘A pair of queens’ – Stanley, 8

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‘most…’
‘livers are…’

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‘most luxurious’ ‘livers are more spotted’ – Ferdinand, 1:2

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‘I would have their …’

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‘I would have their bodies burnt in a coal pit’ – Ferdinand, 2:5

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‘whether I am doomed…’

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‘whether I am doomed to live or die,/ I can do both like a prince’ – Duchess, 3:2

42
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‘Here is a present…’

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‘Here is a present from your princely brothers’ – Bosola, 4:2
> the coffin

43
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‘incongruous to…’
‘as if she were…’ – 1

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‘incongruous to this setting’ – 1
‘as if she were arriving at a summer tea’ – 1

44
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‘soiled and…’

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‘soiled and crumpled white satin evening gown’ – 10

45
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Stella ‘snatches up her…’

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Stella ‘snatches up her white hat and gloves’ – 2

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‘spilt something on…’

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‘spilt something on that pretty white lace collar’ – Blanche, 1

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‘roughly…’
‘red-stained…’

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‘roughly dressed’
‘red-stained package’

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‘Duchess of…’

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‘Duchess of Malfi still’

49
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‘I’ll never marry’ to

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‘I’ll never marry’ to ‘Let old wives report/ I winked and chose a husband’ – 1:2

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hh

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hh

51
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‘I pulled you down off…’

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‘I pulled you down off them columns and how you loved it’ – Stanley, 8

52
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‘Maybe he’s what we…’

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‘Maybe he’s what we need to mix with our blood now’ – Blanche, 2

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‘A man like that is someone to…’

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‘A man like that is someone to go out with [not someone to] live with’ – Blanche, 4

54
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‘The misery…’
‘forced to woo…’

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‘The misery of us that are born great’ – Duchess, 1:2
‘forced to woo, because none dare woo us’ – Duchess, 1:2

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The Duchess’ double position due to her marriage makes her…’

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The Duchess’ double position due to her marriage makes her an ‘uneasy and threatening figure’- Jankowski

56
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‘Forget this …’

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‘Forget this base, low fellow –‘ – Bosola, 3:5

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‘quits first his…’

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‘quits first his royal palace/ Of flattering sycophants’ – Antonio, 1:1

58
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‘poison’t…’

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‘poison’t near the head’ – Antonio, 1:1

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‘like plum…’

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‘like plum trees that grow crooked’ – Bosola, 1:1

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‘The Lord Ferdinand…’

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‘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

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‘observe…’

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‘observe the Duchess’ – Ferdinand, 1:2
> espionage

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‘Gives her a…’

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‘Gives her a dead man’s hand’ – 4:1

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‘artificial…’

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‘artificial figures of Antonio and his children’ – 4:1

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‘From the outset, Stanley attempts to….’

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‘From the outset, Stanley attempts to destroy Blanche’s carefully constructed persona’ – Kirby

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‘shaking all over…’

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‘shaking all over and panting for breath’ – Blanche, 1

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‘I’m afraid I’m…’

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‘I’m afraid I’m – going to be sick!’ – Blanche, 1

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‘I’m in desperate…’

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‘I’m in desperate, desperate circumstances! Help me! Caught in a trap.’ – Blanche, 10

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‘still…’

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‘still shuddering with sobs’ - 3 (stanley)

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‘You fly beyond…’
‘this…’

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‘You fly beyond your reason’ – Cardinal, 2:5
‘this rupture’ – Cardinal, 2:5

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‘Her sanity becomes…’

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‘Her sanity becomes dependent on sustaining her stories’ – Kirby

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hh

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hh

72
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‘She’s been…’

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‘she’s been feeding us a pack of lies’ – Stanley, 7

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‘everyone else in the…’

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‘everyone else in the town of Laurel knows all about her’ – Stanley, 7

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‘I bought her….’

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‘I bought her ticket myself.’ – Stanley, 7

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‘We’ve had this…’

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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning!’ – Stanley, 10

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‘This is no…’

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‘This is no way to do it’ – Steve, 11

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‘Gives her a…’

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‘Gives her a dead man’s hand’ – 4:1

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‘the artificial figures of…’

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‘the artificial figures of Antonio and his children, appearing as if they were dead.’ – 4:1

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‘To bring her…’

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‘To bring her to despair’ – Ferdinand, 4:1

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‘this last…’

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‘this last cruel lie’ – Bosola, 4:1

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‘approved/ Those giddy…’

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‘approved/ Those giddy and wild turnings in yourself.’ - Bosola, 2:4

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‘dark side of…’

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dark side of Stanley’s masculine power’ – Bubb

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‘‘Blanche will have Stanley’s…’

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‘Blanche will have Stanley’s version of reality forced upon her’ – Lucy Webster

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‘a loud whack of his…’

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‘a loud whack of his hand on her thigh’ – Stanley, 3

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‘you’ve put on…’
‘plump as a…’

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‘you’ve put on some weight’
‘plump as a little partridge’ – Blanche, 1

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‘I haven’t put on…’

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‘I haven’t put on one ounce in ten years’ – Blanche, 1

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‘The poor thing was out..’

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‘The poor thing was out there listening […] she doesn’t understand you as well as I do’ – Blanche, 2

88
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‘There’s nothing to…’

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‘There’s nothing to be scared of.’ – Mitch, 3

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‘You just – do…’

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‘You just – do what you want to.’ – Mitch, 6

90
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‘I told my…’

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‘I told my mother how nice you were’ – Mitch, 6

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‘What I been…’

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What I been missing all summer’ – Mitch, 9

92
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‘You! You…’
‘lunges and…’

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‘You! You done this’ – Mitch, 11
‘lunges and strikes at Stanley’ - 11

93
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‘Could it be…’

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‘Could it be – you and me, Blanche?’ – Mitch, 6

94
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‘Whose throat…’

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‘Whose throat must I cut?’ – B, 1:2

95
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‘Forget this…’

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‘Forget this base, low fellow’ – Bosola, 3:5

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‘Never in mine…’

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Never [will he see her again] in mine own shape’ – B, 4:1

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‘I am angry with…’

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‘I am angry with myself now that I wake.’ – B, 4:2

98
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‘The man I would…’

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‘The man I would have saved ‘bove mine own life’ – B, 5:4

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Mitch ‘reveals himself to be…’

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‘reveals himself to be almost as cruel at Stanley’ – Bubb

100
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Bosola as a ‘man divided…’

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Bosola as a ‘man divided within himself’ – David Gunby

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