Brighton Rock key quotes - part 4

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A *****
offensive to a contempory reader
1 of 14
A blind band playing
drums and trumpets
2 of 14
Underground
- hell
3 of 14
A day on which life for many people
reached a kind of climax - Spicer is going to die
4 of 14
Memento Mori
latin - object kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death
5 of 14
The soured false age, the concentrated and limited
experience of the Brighton slum drained out of him
6 of 14
He discovered that he hadn't
money to repent - going to hell
7 of 14
Oh she won't burn. She couldn't
burn if she tried - Rose is too pure
8 of 14
Old with knowledge of
other people's lusts
9 of 14
He said it was in
the soap dish - trying to clean sins
10 of 14
Watching the door with terror through her
innocent and experienced eyes - Rose, religious, sinner
11 of 14
Spread-eagled like
Prometheus - Greek God that challenged Gods
12 of 14
Like a table
or a chair - Rose is functional to his life
13 of 14
Pressing his fingers
round the sharp wrist
14 of 14

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

A blind band playing

Back

drums and trumpets

Card 3

Front

Underground

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

A day on which life for many people

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Memento Mori

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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