An Ideal Husband
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An Ideal Husband Women and Femininity Quotes Page 3
How we cite the quotes:
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
| Quote #7 LORD CAVERSHAM. No woman, plain or pretty, has any common sense at all, sir. Common sense is the privilege of our sex. (3.115) |
Lord Caversham eats these words later, applauding Mabel's common sense in favoring the "real" over the "ideal" in marriage.
| Quote #8 MRS. CHEVELEY. My dear Arthur, women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexes. (3.243) |
Mrs. Cheveley has full confidence in the superiority and strength of women.
| Quote #9 LORD GORING. How you women war against each other! (3.250) |
Lord Goring sees Mrs. Cheveley and Lady Chiltern as two black widows of very different natures. He couldn't be married to either of them.
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