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Dr. Barry is a neighbor and family friend of Maurice’s family. Maurice consults him later in the novel and says that he (Maurice) is “an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde variety.” Dr. Barry tells Maurice to never say something like that again and ushers him out of the house, showing the extreme homophobia displayed even by the people Maurice considers trustworthy.
Dr. Barry Quotes in Maurice
The Maurice quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Barry or refer to Dr. Barry. 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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Chapter 15
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“A disgrace to chivalry.” He considered the accusation. If a woman had been in that side-car, if then he had refused to stop at the Dean’s bidding, would Dr Barry have required an apology from him? Surely not. He followed out this train of thought with difficulty. His brain was still feeble. But he was obliged to use it, for so much in the current speech and ideas needed translation before he could understand them.
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Chapter 31
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“I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.” […]
“Now listen to me, Maurice, never let that evil hallucination, that temptation from the devil, occur to you again.”
The voice impressed him, and was not Science speaking?
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Dr. Barry Quotes in Maurice
The Maurice quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Barry or refer to Dr. Barry. 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:
).
Chapter 15
Quotes
“A disgrace to chivalry.” He considered the accusation. If a woman had been in that side-car, if then he had refused to stop at the Dean’s bidding, would Dr Barry have required an apology from him? Surely not. He followed out this train of thought with difficulty. His brain was still feeble. But he was obliged to use it, for so much in the current speech and ideas needed translation before he could understand them.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 31
Quotes
“I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.” […]
“Now listen to me, Maurice, never let that evil hallucination, that temptation from the devil, occur to you again.”
The voice impressed him, and was not Science speaking?
