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Women and Femininity Quotes
HALE: [...] I thought maybe if I went to the house and talked about it before his wife, though I said to Harry that I didn't know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John— (10)
Justice and Judgment Quotes
SHERIFF: Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worryin' about her preserves.COUNTY ATTORNEY: I guess before we're through she may have something more serious than preserves to worry abo...
Isolation Quotes
HALE: [...] I said, I'm going to see if I can't get John Wright to go in with me on a party telephone. I spoke to Wright about it once before and he put me off, saying folks talked too much anyway,...
Men and Masculinity Quotes
STAGE DIRECTIONS: At the rear the outer door opens and the SHERIFF comes in followed by the COUNTY ATTORNEY and HALE. [...] They are followed by the two women (1)
Freedom and Confinement Quotes
HALE: [...] I opened the door [...] and there in that rocker—(pointing to it) sat Mrs. Wright.(They all look at the rocker.)COUNTY ATTORNEY: What—was she doing?HALE: She was rockin' back and fo...
Visions of America Quotes
STAGE DIRECTIONS: The kitchen is the now abandoned farmhouse of JOHN WRIGHT, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been put in order—unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the...
Violence Quotes
HALE: She was rockin' back and forth. She had her apron in her hand and was kind of—pleating it.COUNTY ATTORNEY: And how did she—look?HALE: Well, she looked queer.COUNTY ATTORNEY: How do you me...