Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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'Too hot, too hot' (Act 1.2) significance
'Too hot, too hot' (Act 1.2) significance
First emergence of Leontes' jealousy with temperature imagery
Spider metaphor meaning in Leontes' speech
Spider metaphor meaning in Leontes' speech
Hidden corruption/poison of jealousy that has infected him
'Hobby-horse' (Act 1.2) meaning
'Hobby-horse' (Act 1.2) meaning
Elizabethan slang for prostitute; Leontes insults Hermione
Leontes' turning point quotation (Act 3.2)
Leontes' turning point quotation (Act 3.2)
'Apollo's angry...heavens...strike at my injustice'
Hermione on gender equality in speech (Act 1.2)
Hermione on gender equality in speech (Act 1.2)
'A lady's 'verily' is / As potent as a lord's'
Paulina's bold address to Leontes (Act 3.2)
Paulina's bold address to Leontes (Act 3.2)
'What studied torments, tyrant, hast for me?' - calls him tyrant
Oracle's pronouncement about Hermione
Oracle's pronouncement about Hermione
'Hermione is chaste' - divine validation of her innocence
Paulina before statue reveal (Act 5.3)
Paulina before statue reveal (Act 5.3)
'It is required / You do awake your faith' - need for belief
'O, she's warm!' (Act 5.3) significance
'O, she's warm!' (Act 5.3) significance
Leontes discovers Hermione lives; warmth returns after winter
Perdita's connection to Proserpina myth
Perdita's connection to Proserpina myth
Links her to spring/rebirth; brings renewal to Sicily