Sir Robert complains Lady Chiltern has placed him on a…
‘monstrous pedestal’
Sir Robert says Lady Chiltern has made a … out of him
‘false idol’
‘Power…
‘I wanted my success…
Baron Arnheim…
…was the one thing worth having’
…when I was young’
…preached ‘the gospel of gold’
‘The God of this century…
‘I had fought the century…
‘Men who every day…
…is wealth. To succeed one must have wealth’
…with its own weapons and won’
… do something of the same kind themselves.’
(SR)
“A career…
‘he is not like…
…that has been stainless always.’’
…other men’
MM -‘I come here…
LB - ‘I hate…
MM - ‘So do I. It puts one…
…to be educated’
…to be educated’
…almost on a level with the commercial classes’
Lady Chiltern tells Mrs Marchmont that she should have…
‘some serious purpose in life’
‘perfect example of…
‘fascinating…
‘astonishing courage…
…the English type of prettiness’ (sd)
…tyranny of youth’ (sd)
…of innocence’ (sd)
‘he rides in the row…
goes to the opera…
changes his clothes…
and dines out every night of the season…
…at 10 o clock
…at least 3 times a week
…at least 5 times a day,
…You don’t call that leading an idle life, do you?’
Mabel Chiltern says that London Society is composed of…
‘beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics’
‘lips very thin and highly coloured,
‘a work of art, on the whole,
…a line of scarlet on a pallid face’ (sd), red=danger, seductive, confident
…but showing the influence of too many schools’ (sd), judged bc she is educated
‘intensely admired by the few,
‘almost complete separation…
‘Vandyke would have liked to…
…and deeply respected by the many’ (sd)
…of passion and intellect’ (sd)
…have painted his head’ (sd), reference to art
How does Sir Robert describe his job in parliament?
‘we do our best to waste the publics time’
‘there is nothing so difficult to marry…
…as a large nose; men don’t like them’
large nose = modern/ new woman that has been exposed to modern ideas
‘men can be analysed…
‘people are either hunting for husbands…
…women… merely adored’
…or hiding from them’
‘politics…
‘sometimes it is a…
… are my only pleasure’
…clever game’
‘flawless…
‘the idlest man…
‘living entirely…
…dandy’ (sd)
…in London’
…for pleasure’
I love talking about…
‘I am very…
…nothing’
…selfish’
(LG about himself)
‘a genius in the daytime…
…and a beauty at night’
‘a lot of dammed nobodies…
…talking about nothing’
‘Dowdies…
… and dandies’
Sir Robert describes the Argentine Canal Scheme as a…
‘commonplace Stock Exchange swindle’
‘withdraw…
‘will you…
…the report’
…do that for me?’
‘selling to a Stock Exchange speculator…
‘I have got your…
…a Cabinet secret’
…letter’
