English Sem 1 Exam

Dressmaker quotes

Outsiderhood & social exclusion 1

“Everyone likes to have someone to hate”

Outsiderhood & social exclusion 2

“It’s open slather on outcasts”

Outsiderhood & social exclusion 3

“Murderess”

Outsiderhood & social exclusion 4

“A shaky beacon in a vast, black sea, winking from the home of Mad Molly”

Small-town morality 1

“Liars, sinners and hypocrites.”

Small-town morality 2

“Everyone likes to have someone to hate”

Small-town morality 3

“Everybody knows everything about everyone”

Small-town morality 4

“Nothing ever really changes”

Revenge, justice & moral ambiguity 1

“Pain will no longer be our curse…it will be our revenge.”

Revenge, justice & moral ambiguity 2

“I’m back, you bastards.”

Revenge, justice & moral ambiguity 3

“It’s guilt, and the evil inside me”

Revenge, justice & moral ambiguity 4

“Everyone I’ve touched is hurt or dead.”

Gender, power and control 1

“They’ve grown airs”

Gender, power and control 2

“I’ve got to look better than everyone else.”

Gender, power and control 3

“She used to have a lot of falls, which left her with a black eye or cut lip”

Gender, power and control 4

“These are progressive times - it’s an advantage to be adept, especially in the fairer sex…”

Appearance, fabric & identity 1

“Purl believed it was essential to be attractive”

Appearance, fabric & identity 2

“I’m still Myrtle”

Appearance, fabric & identity 3

“Absolute wizard with fabric and scissors”

Appearance, fabric & identity 4

“A group of European aristocrats’ wives who had somehow lost their way”