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A Taste of Honey — Quotes

6 quotes with full 6-part analysis

1
STAGNATE

“We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us”

PASSIVE / ACTIVE OPPOSITIONCOLLOQUIAL PHILOSOPHY

Jo · Act One

2
PROGRESS

“You're nothing to me. I feel sorry for you”

DECLARATIVE ABSOLUTE / EMOTIONAL INVERSIONMONOSYLLABIC POWER

Jo (to Helen) · Act Two

3
PROGRESS

“The dream's gone but the baby's real enough”

ANTITHESIS — DREAM VS REALITYCOMPRESSED NARRATIVE — A LIFE IN ONE SENTENCE

Jo · Act Two

4
PROGRESS

“I'm not just somebody's mother. I'm me”

NEGATIVE THEN POSITIVE DEFINITIONPRONOUN EMPHASIS — 'I' AND 'ME'

Jo · Act Two

5
PROGRESS

“It's a bit old-fashioned, isn't it? The colour bar”

RHETORICAL QUESTION / UNDERSTATEMENTCOLLOQUIAL CRITIQUE — CASUAL RADICALISM

Jo · Act One

6
STAGNATE

“I'd sooner be dead than working in a shop”

HYPERBOLE / CONDITIONAL PREFERENCEDARK HUMOUR — COMEDY AS SURVIVAL

Helen · Act One

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