VICTORIAN ERA EXAM

Ulysses quote on perseverance

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Quote indicating restlessness in Ulysses

"I cannot rest from travel."

Active life quote from Ulysses

"How dull it is to pause, to make an end."

Curse reference in The Lady of Shalott

"She knows not what the curse may be."

Quote about isolation in The Lady of Shalott

"I am half-sick of shadows."

Breaking free imagery in The Lady of Shalott

"Out flew the web and floated wide."

Ending of illusion in The Lady of Shalott

"The mirror crack'd from side to side."

Rejecting confinement in The Lady of Shalott

"She left the web, she left the loom."

Observation vs noticing in A Scandal in Bohemia

"You see, but you do not observe."

Quote about being beaten by a woman in A Scandal in Bohemia

"I have been beaten by a woman."

Rational thinking vs superstition in The Hound of the Baskervilles

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

Gothic atmosphere quote in The Hound of the Baskervilles

"The fog rolled in from the moor."

Logic over fear in The Hound of the Baskervilles

"It is a question of seeing, not of believing."

Finding peace in The Miracle of Purun Bhagat

"He had found peace."

Nature imagery in The Miracle of Purun Bhagat

H harmony with nature, humility.

Objectification of women in My Last Duchess

"That's my last Duchess painted on the wall."

Implied control in My Last Duchess

"I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together."

Jealousy quote in My Last Duchess

"She had a heart—how shall I say?—too soon made glad."

Dominance in My Last Duchess

"I choose never to stoop."

Protection theme in Porphyria’s Lover

"She shut the cold shut it out."

Detached justification of murder in Porphyria’s Lover

"I found a thing to do."

Delusion evident in Porphyria’s Lover

"I am quite sure she felt no pain."

Twisted moral sense in Porphyria’s Lover

"And yet God has not said a word!"

Structured love in Sonnet 43

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

Spiritual depth of love in Sonnet 43

"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height."

Eternal love concept in Sonnet 43

"I shall but love thee better after death."

Separation and longing in The Blessed Damozel

"She leaned out from the gold bar of heaven."

Longing for reunification in The Blessed Damozel

"I wish that he were come to me."

Temptation in Goblin Market

"Come buy, come buy."

Addiction imagery in Goblin Market

"Eat me, drink me, love me."

Sisterhood theme in Goblin Market

"There is no friend like a sister."

Loss of faith in Dover Beach

"The sea of faith was once, too, at the full."

Melancholy in Dover Beach

"But now I only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar."

Isolation in Dover Beach

"We are here as on a darkling plain."

Last stability in Dover Beach

"Ah, love, let us be true to one another."

Divine presence in God's Grandeur

"The world is charged with the grandeur of God."

Renewal theme in God's Grandeur

"There lives the dearest freshness deep down things."

Praise of imperfection in Pied Beauty

"Glory be to God for dappled things."

Beauty in uniqueness in Pied Beauty

"All things counter, original, spare, strange."

Awareness of mortality in Spring and Fall

"It is the blight man was born for."

Spiritual symbolism in The Windhover

"I caught this morning morning’s minion."

Unity of beauty and action in The Windhover

"Brute beauty and valour and act."

Hidden danger in The Little Crocodile

"How neatly spreads his claws."

Deception in The Little Crocodile

"And welcomes little fishes in."

Soul characterization in The Fisherman and His Soul

"And his soul said to him…"

Conflict of identity in The Fisherman and His Soul

Soul as external entity.

Sacrifice concept in The Fisherman and His Soul

Love requires sacrifice, but may destroy identity.

Most tested Tennyson quote

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Second most tested Tennyson quote

"I am half-sick of shadows."

Most tested Arnold quote

"The sea of faith… was once, too, at the full."

Second most tested Arnold quote

"We are here as on a darkling plain."

Most tested Browning quote

"That's my last Duchess painted on the wall."

Second most tested Browning quote

"I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together."

Most tested Doyle quote

"You see, but you do not observe."

Most tested Wilde quote

"Come buy, come buy."

Key theme of soul separation in Wilde's works

Love vs identity conflict.

Emotion tone associated with Tennyson's work

Hopeful / heroic.

Subject matter associated with Browning's work

Love / death.

Signature words for Tennyson's Ulysses

Travel, strive, seek, fight.

Key theme for The Lady of Shalott

Isolation + mirrors + death.

Key imagery for Dover Beach

Ocean, melancholy, withdrawing.

Key concept in My Last Duchess

Creepy controlling husband.

Key concept in Porphyria's Lover

Love becomes murder.

Main theme in Sonnet 43

Infinite love counting.

Theme in Goblin Market

Fruit temptation + sisters.

Signature elements of Hopkins' poetry

God + nature + intensity.

Intense imagery associated with God's Grandeur

Electricity / power of God.

Subject of mortality awareness in Spring and Fall

Child learning about death.

Type of conflict in A Scandal in Bohemia

Logic vs mystery.

Key themes in The Hound of the Baskervilles

Superstition vs science.

Relationship dynamics in The Fisherman and His Soul

Sacrifice in love.

Key imagery associated with the Little Crocodile

Hidden danger behind charm.

Exam strategy for identifying quotes

Find 1 keyword and decide category.

Tone to look for when identifying Browning's works

Creepy.

Foreshadowing in the theme of love in Barrett Browning's work

Romantic.

Keyword related to sadness in Arnold's work

Philosophical.