ADH + Rosetti quotes

‘There is no…

friend like a sister’ - goblin market

‘Here’s friendship…

for you if you like’ - no thank you john

‘Maude clare…

was like a queen’ - maude clare

‘white…

and golden lizzie stood’ - goblin market

‘come…

buy, come buy’- goblin market

‘swarming…

howling wretches below’ - in the round tower at jhansi

‘i wish…

i could bear the pang for both’ - in the round tower at jhansi

‘skene…

looked at his pale young wife’ - in the round tower at jhansi

‘he faltered…

in his place’ - maude clare

‘i must…

educate myself’ - nora

‘the street door…

is slammed shut downstairs’

‘i don’t…

really know what religion means’ - nora

‘coldly…

calm’

‘i need

someone to be a mother to’ - christine

‘morally…

twisted’

‘i’ll get him…

in the right mood’

‘one has

little influence’

‘a dangerous…

admission’

‘the law…

does not concern itself with motives’

‘it was to…

save my husband’s life’

‘i was certain that you would…

step forward and take all the blame on yourself’

‘no man…

can be expected to sacrifice his honour’

‘i am man enough…

to bear the burden for us both’

‘not only his…

wife but also his child’

‘fancy…

work, crocheting, embroidery’

‘feminine…

helplessness’

‘reserved anguish…

and resignation to the will of god’ - DINAH ROE

(rosetti)

‘a frustration with…

the patriarchal nature of the church’ GEORGE NORTON

(rosetti)

‘my task…

has been the description of humanity’ IBSEN

‘christine represents…

independent women’s voluntary return to a patriarchal institute’ ROBERT DEAN

‘nora is a case study of…

female hysteria, a wilful, unwomanly woman’ MAURICE VALENCY

‘marriage was revealed…

as being far from a divine institution’ AUGUST STRINDBERG

(ibsen)

‘individual’s…

liberation from the shackles of society’ NESSAR UDDIN

(ibsen)

‘she argued for…

female representation in Parliament and spoke out against the sexual exploitation of women in prostitution’ SIMON AVERY

‘women were…

naturally subordinate to men’ ROSSEAU

‘barbaric…

outrage’ IBSEN

‘legal…

subordination of one sex to another’ JOHN STUART MILL

‘sensual pre-raphaelite intensity…

that must have surprised christina the anglo-catholic’ VIRGINIA WOOLF

‘rosetti’s christianity…

didn’t seem to make her very happy’ GEORGE NORTON