Key Quotations (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards

Brief, witty statement with surprising/paradoxical observation

Beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics

Antagonist representing amorality and self-interest

It's good for most of us that life is unfair

Nobody is incapable of doing a foolish or wrong thing

No man is rich enough to buy back his past

It requires strength and courage to yield to temptation

Sounds like something in the next world (rejects idealism)

Speaker's intended meaning differs from literal meaning

Moral relativism - standards based on personal preference