- Love and marriage:Mrs Van Buren answers Esther's question, as Esther has doubts about her love for George: marriage is here opposed to love, completely disconnected from it.
- Women / Empowerment-Independence / Dreams and desires:Mrs Van Buren to Esther, after telling her she bled and her husband spat on her: it is a desire that she has to free herself. By opposition, she is bound by convention to marry.
- Symbolism of objects:Quilt represented her dream, sewing a new one, instead of repairing the old one, may symbolize the beginning of a new dream / desire, especially with the hint that indicates she might be pregnant.
- Art of deception: secrets and lies:George to Esther when she asks him about the church: beginning of the contrast between the letters and the true George as we see him in the second act. Plus shows that he isn't loyal nor trustworthy: he is not a man of words.
- Identity / Secrets and lies:Esther to George, after giving him the money in the quilt: Esther based her identity on an illusion, but here she is suddenly aware of it, and therefore also aware of who she really is.
- During the later Middle Ages , 14th century and the Renaissance , what did they want to imitate?
- When was the best collection of Shakespeare's sonnets published?
- early life / adolescence / young adulthood
- nonetheless / however / on the contrary / yet
- a representation / an iconic figure / a symbol
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- Wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst _______
- Man soll den Tag nich vor dem ______ loben
- Steter Tropfen hölt den ___________
- Wie man in den Wald ruft, so ______ es heraus
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- Es ist nicht alles Gold, was ________