Hobson's Choice (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Revision Notes

Hobson's Choice: Key Quotations

Class and Social Mobility

• Maggie Hobson: "You'll be a somebody when I've done with you."
• Willie Mossop: "I'm not ambitious that way."
• Mrs Hepworth: "These are the best-made pair of boots I've ever had."
• Mrs Hepworth: "If you've the good sense to stick to her, you'll both go far."
• Ada Figgins: "I'll not be made nothing of, Willie Mossop."

Gender Roles and Empowerment

• Maggie Hobson: "I'm taking charge of you, Willie Mossop. You're going to make a man of yourself."
• Henry Hobson: "The rebellious females of this house."
• Jim Heeler: "Get your daughters married. That's the only way of getting rid of the lot of them."
• Ada Figgins: "I'll tell my mother on you, Willie Mossop!"
• Alice Hobson: "You've been managing Willie Mossop till he's forgotten he's a man at all."

Determination and Self-Belief

• Willie Mossop: "I'll have no mercy on you, Maggie Hobson, if you try me too high."
• Maggie Hobson: "You'll be a somebody when I've done with you."
• Mrs Hepworth: "These are the best-made pair of boots I've ever had."
• Mrs Hepworth: "If you've the good sense to stick to her, you'll both go far."

Family and Loyalty

• Alice Hobson: "It's bad enough to have you bringing disgrace on us without your pasting it into the papers."
• Henry Hobson: "You're pretty hard on a man, Maggie."

Power and Relationships

• Henry Hobson: "The rebellious females of this house."
• Maggie Hobson: "I'm taking charge of you, Willie Mossop. You're going to make a man of yourself."
• Willie Mossop: "I'll have no mercy on you, Maggie Hobson, if you try me too high."
• Jim Heeler: "You've got a way with women, Henry, but it's time you were married yourself."
• Alice Hobson: "You've been managing Willie Mossop till he's forgotten he's a man at all."
• Ada Figgins: "I'll tell my mother on you, Willie Mossop!"