How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Am I to go to school?"
"Yes, I mean you to go to Eton. I wish you to have the education of an English gentleman; and for that it is necessary that you should go to a public school in preparation for the university: Cambridge I mean you to go to; it was my own university."
Daniel's colour came and went.
"What do you say, sirrah?" said Sir Hugo, smiling.
"I should like to be a gentleman," said Daniel, with firm distinctness, "and go to school, if that is what a gentleman's son must do." (16.28-32)
Here we see class and identity mingled together. A younger Daniel aspires to be like a "gentleman" because in doing so he thinks he can somehow increase the likeness between himself and Sir Hugo.
Quote #8
"I am glad he is of high rank," said Mirah, with her usual quietness.
"Now, why are you glad of that?" said Amy, rather suspicious of this sentiment, and on the watch for Jewish peculiarities which had not appeared.
"Because I have always disliked men of high rank before." (20.43-45)
The rich don't just look down upon the poor – that relationship can go both ways.
Quote #9
"But I won't resign myself to live at Sawyer's Cottage and see you working for sixpences and shillings because of that. I shall not do it. I shall do what is more befitting our rank and education." (21.35)
Even though Gwendolen's family has lost everything, they still belong to the upper class as far as Gwendolen is concerned. Gwendolen sees marrying Grandcourt as a more appropriate remedy to their current financial situation than – heaven forbid – going to work.