Brighton Rock key quotes - Part one

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They meant
to murder him
1 of 37
Twisted piece of
wire, two by two
2 of 37
Bitten nails and
his inky fingers - Hale
3 of 37
Big blown
charms - Ida
4 of 37
Hideous and
unnatural pride
5 of 37
You've got no cause to
talk about souls
6 of 37
Hale realised they
meant to murder him
7 of 37
A little flare of pride went up in
Hale's heart when he thought of the long pilgramige behind him
8 of 37
Darkness
metaphor for sin
9 of 37
Shelter, knowledge,
common sense - biblical
10 of 37
The gentle clatter faded like peace
that was how some people still lived - affined way of life
11 of 37
They knew where
to expect him - clues
12 of 37
Razor blade.... that was
how we was killed
13 of 37
Pride
Pinkies
14 of 37
Fat spotty
creature in pink
15 of 37
the fat
girl - repeated
16 of 37
Breasts pushinh
at her dress
17 of 37
Skirt pulled up to her knees exposing her
fine legs, with an air of ribald luxury
18 of 37
Immense store of
masculine experiences - Ida
19 of 37
Slatey
eyes
20 of 37
Palace of
pleasure
21 of 37
The doll'll do
Pinkie, psychotic
22 of 37
Holding the Mother of
God by the hair - Virgin Mary
23 of 37
Music of the orchestra -
faint and sad - pathetic fallacy
24 of 37
Ageless
eyes
25 of 37
Young ancient poker-face
told nothing
26 of 37
The world's wet mouth
lamenting over life - world is sad becasue we're all sinners
27 of 37
Smiled at her stiffly; he couldn't
use those muscles with any naturalness - Pinkie sees Rose as a threat
28 of 37
You an' me have
things in common - Rose and Pinkie have the murder in common
29 of 37
There's been more than one
Tom in your life - Ida has sex often
30 of 37
I don't believe in
betting. It's a mug's game - Pinkie's morals
31 of 37
Ida believed
in ghosts - sin
32 of 37
I like
a funeral - Ida, doing it for fun
33 of 37
Launched into the
flames - going to hell, sin of cremation
34 of 37
An eye for
an eye - biblical reference
35 of 37
A deaf fly hung
in a broken web - metaphorical
36 of 37
I'm going to have a
turn at the board - Ida
37 of 37

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Twisted piece of

Back

wire, two by two

Card 3

Front

Bitten nails and

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Big blown

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Hideous and

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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