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Lord Byron
A modern-day feminist scholar, Hannah earned renown with a bestselling book rehabilitating the reputation of Caroline Lamb, a historical figure who was Byron’s lover. Hannah is hardworking, skeptical, and passionate about the value of academia and the quest for knowledge. Unlike every other character, love doesn’t sway Hannah, and she rejects advances from Bernard and Valentine.
Hannah Jarvis Quotes in Arcadia
The Arcadia quotes below are all either spoken by Hannah Jarvis or refer to Hannah Jarvis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 2
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The whole Romantic sham, Bernard! It’s what happened to the Enlightenment, isn’t it? A century of intellectual rigor turned in on itself. A mind in chaos suspected of genius. In a setting of cheap thrills and false emotion…The decline from thinking to feeling, you see.”
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Act 2, Scene 5
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Chaps sometimes wanted to marry me, and I don’t know a worse bargain. Available sex against not being allowed to fart in bed.
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Act 2, Scene 7
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Comparing what we’re looking for misses the point. It’s wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we’re going out the way we came in.
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Hannah Jarvis Quotes in Arcadia
The Arcadia quotes below are all either spoken by Hannah Jarvis or refer to Hannah Jarvis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1, Scene 2
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The whole Romantic sham, Bernard! It’s what happened to the Enlightenment, isn’t it? A century of intellectual rigor turned in on itself. A mind in chaos suspected of genius. In a setting of cheap thrills and false emotion…The decline from thinking to feeling, you see.”
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Act 2, Scene 5
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Chaps sometimes wanted to marry me, and I don’t know a worse bargain. Available sex against not being allowed to fart in bed.
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Act 2, Scene 7
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Comparing what we’re looking for misses the point. It’s wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we’re going out the way we came in.
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