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An Ideal Husband Women and Femininity Quotes Page 1
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 #1 LADY BASILDON. What martyrs we are, dear Margaret! |
Their willingness to suffer conversation with boring men makes these women more attractive.
| Quote #2 MRS. CHEVELEY. Certainly, more women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else! At least that is the only way I can account for the terribly haggard look of most of your pretty women in London! (1.70) |
Mrs. Cheveley doesn't have a domestic bone in her body. A steadfast admirer would bore her to death. Maybe that's why she goes after Lord Goring.
| Quote #3 MRS. CHEVELEY. Ah! the strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. […] Science can never grapple with the irrational. (1.76-78) |
Much of Mrs. Cheveley's power – especially in this early scene – lies in her mystery.
