| Quote #4 Mother: I don't know. [She speaks with warning.] He's a lawyer now, Joe. George is a lawyer. (1.610) |
Kate fears that the retribution she has been expecting may be coming now, in the form of vengeful George. He's more dangerous now that he's a lawyer. Joe and Kate have got to be on their game when this guy arrives.
| Quote #5 Chris: George, you don't want to be the voice of God, do you? (2.238) |
Like his father, Chris wants George to "see it human." Chris is a compromising moral relativist long before he realizes it at the end of the play.
| Quote #6 George: The court didn't know your father! But you know him. You know in your heart Joe did it. (2.256) |
George doesn't believe the court carried out justice. So he's trying to carry out a little bit here by taking Ann away from Chris.