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"The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes."
Who is Portia, from the Merchant of Venice!
"Gott ist gut...He hass sent to me a big, stronk man."
Who is Mother Maria, from the Lillies of the Field!
"Four legs good, two legs better!"
(Note: said by a group, not one person)
Who are the sheep, from Animal Farm!
“’Tis some visitor,'” I muttered, “'tapping at my chamber door—
Only this, and nothing more.'”
What is the Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe (English 10)!
"God knows; and He is merciful! He hath proved his mercy, most of all, in my afflictions. By giving me this burning torture to bear upon my breast!"
Who is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, from the Scarlet Letter!
"In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you."
Who is Antonio, from the Merchant of Venice!
"Must everything be made convenient? I'm not a convenient man...I've got an inconvenient conscience!
Who is Will Roper, from a Man for All Seasons!
"I FLED Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears..."
What is the Hound of Heaven, by Francis Thompson (English 11)!
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
Who is Sydney Carton, from a Tale of Two Cities!
"Teach him to call it 'real life' and don't let him ask what he means by 'real'."
Who is Screwtape, from the Screwtape Letters!
"Good night. If we should bump into one another, recognize me."
Who is the Common Man, from a Man for All Seasons!
"I don't like plodding...don't make me plod longer than I have to- Well?"
"It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for."
What is Spring and Fall, by Gerard Manley Hopkins (English 11)!
"Why,...it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world...But for Wales!"
Who is Thomas More, from a Man for All Seasons!
"But every man has his price!"
Who is Richard Rich, from a Man for All Seasons!
"Wilt thou stand here with mother and me, to-morrow noontide?"
Who is Pearl, from the Scarlet Letter!
"This is awful! Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny! Methinks, gentlemen, we need inquire no further."
Who is the Governor Bellingham, from the Scarlet Letter!
"I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;
I gallop’d, Dirck gallop’d, we gallop’d all three;
'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew;
“Speed!” echoed the wall to us galloping through..."
What is "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" by Robert Browning (English 10)!
"Let me live now...Let me begin again."
Who is the Marquesa (Dona Maria), from the Bridge of San Luis Rey!
In the unnatural voice with which we make the greatest declarations of our lives... "I'm in your way."
Who is Esteban, from the Bridge of San Luis Rey!
"Ah, see the fair chivalry come, the companions of Christ!
White Horsemen, who ride on white horses, the Knights of God!
They, for their Lord and their Lover who sacrificed
All, save the sweetness of treading where He first trod!"
What is Te Martyrum Candidatus by Lionel Johnson (English 9)!