key quotations Der Besuch der alten Dame

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Meine Herren, auf den beliebtesten Bürger der Stadt, auf meinen Nachfolger!

How does the Burgermeister introduce Ill at the beginning of the play- A1

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Das Städtchen steht zu mir

How does Ill describe the support of the town- A1

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Alle für einen, einen für alle

how does Ill describe the town’s support in the shop-A1

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felsenfest

How do the Gullener speak about their soldiarity with Ill at the beginning - A1

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Ihr habt mich schon zum Tode verurteilt

when Ill feels desparate what does he say to the Burgermeister in act 2

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Ich bin schließlich schuld daran…Ich habe Klara zu dem gemacht, was sie ist, und mich zu dem, was ich bin

what does Ill say to the Lehrer, in order to get him to stop defending him A3, right before Lehrer’s speech

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Ich weiß nur, dass ich ein sinnloses Leben beende

what does Ill say to Claire in Konradsweilerwald the final time they see each other

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Denn mit mir werden sie zahlen

act 2- what does Ill say in his conversation with the policeman

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Ihr müsst nun meine Richter sein

what does Ill say to the Burgermeister in act 3 after he rejects the Burgermeister’s suggestion that he should commit suidcide - He shows that the town has the responsibity, to decide his sentence

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Man kann alles kaufen

what does Claire say which shows how she views money as power

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und nun will ich Gerechtigkeit, Gerechtigkeit für eine Milliarde

what does Claire say at the Goldenen Apostel which shows her venegefullness/her power

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Du bist fett geworden. Und grau und versoffen

what does Claire say to ill the first time they speak in act 1- shows she is unaffected by his flattery

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Haben Sie schon jemand erwürgt mit Ihren Kräften?

what does Claire ask the gynmnast in act 1- forshadowing and shows her dark sense of humour/ability to get straight to the point

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Ich bin wieder monitert

what does Claire say after she has put her prosthetics back on- links to theme that Claire is cold and robotic

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Gatte VIII: Ich habe doch auch Probleme

Zachanassian: Geht dein Porsche nicht?

what does Claire say to Gatte VIII which shows her unhuman and cold relationship to her husbands, and all men

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Die Welt machte mich zu einer Hure, nun mache ich sie zu einem Bordell

what does Claire say which shows her vengefullness, her power and her recognition of the evil in her heart

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Deine Liebe ist gestorben vor vielen Jahren. Meine Liebe konnte nicht sterben. Aber auch nicht leben. Sie ist etwas Böses geworden wie ich selber

what does Claire say to Ill to describe their love- also shows that she has become something evil

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ich bin die Hölle geworden

what does Claire say, shows she recognises that she has become something evil

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Der Butler: Und nun wollen Sie Gerechtigkeit, Claire Zachanassian?

Claire Zachanassian: Ich kann sie mir leisten. Eine Milliarde für Güllen, wenn jemand Alfred Ill tötet.

quote for theme of justice

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Der Pfarrer: Sie fürchten sich nicht?

Ill: Nicht mehr sehr.

what does Ill say to the priest in act 3 which shows that he isn’t really worried anymore

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„Komödie der Hochkonjunktur“

what was the play’s orignal title

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Ich warte

what does Claire say at the end of the first act - showing her confidence that the Gulleners will succumb to the temptation she lays before them

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Es war Winter, einst, als ich dieses Städtchen verließ ….beschloß ich zurückzukommen, einmal.

what does Claire say in the third act about the first time she left Gullen

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Kommt mir vor wie eine Parze, wie eine griechische Schicksalsgöttin. (Klotho)

how does the teacher describe Claire in act 1, linking to the Greek fates (Parzen) , who controls people’s lives

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Ich lehne im Namen der Stadt Güllen das Angebot ab. Im Namen der Menschlichkeit. Lieber bleiben wir arm denn blutbefleckt.

what does the Burgermeister say in the Goldenen Apostel to reject Claire’s offer

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„Flieh! Wir sind schwach, Christen und Heiden. Flieh, die Glocke dröhnt in Güllen, die Glocke des Verrats. Flieh, führe uns nicht in Versuchung, indem du bleibst

what does the priest say to Ill at the end of act 1

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Sie verlangen absolute Gerechtigkeit. Wie eine Heldin der Antike kommen Sie mir vor, wie eine Medea

what does the teacher say to Claire in act 3 when he and the doctor try to convince to withdraw her demand and just help Gullen. He comapres her to a Medea- an ancient heroine- who killed her children out of revenge for her husband leaving her for a different woman

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Noch weiß ich, daß auch einmal zu uns eine alte Dame kommen wird, eines Tages, und daß dann mit uns geschehen wird, was nun mit Ihnen geschieht, doch bald, in wenigen Stunden vielleicht, werde ich es nicht mehr wissen

what does the teacher say in his drunken monalogue in which he acknowledge that they making themselves guilty and falling into a trap

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Ihr könnt mich töten, ich klage nicht, protestiere nicht, wehre mich nicht, aber euer Handeln kann ich euch nicht abnehmen

what does Ill say to the Burgermeister, showing he has accepted the fate but that they must also be guilty

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Das Verhängnis ist gediehen, wie beim Ödipus

what does the teacher say about Oedipus and fate- shows that Ill cannot avoid his fate

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