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A serving dish composed of a metal tray raised above a set of burners which keep the food warm. It is often used for large-scale entertaining, as it can hold many servings of hot food. Bev tries to give Francine and Albert her old chafing dish, which they do not need.
Chafing Dish Quotes in Clybourne Park
The Clybourne Park quotes below are all either spoken by Chafing Dish or refer to Chafing Dish. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1 Quotes
Bev: What about this chafing dish? Did you see this dish?
Albert: Well, we got plenty of dish—
Bev: Not one of these. Francine told me.
Albert: Well, that’s very kind of you, but—
Bev: She said you didn’t have one and somebody should take it and—
Albert: But we don’t need it, ma’am.
Bev: —make use of it, so if you let me just wrap it for you.
Albert: Ma’am, we don’t want your things. Please. We got our own things.
Bev: Well.
Albert: Trying to explain to you.
Bev: Well, if that’s the attitude, then I just don’t know what to say anymore. I really don’t. If that’s what we’re coming to.
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As Albert and Francine attempt to leave Bev’s house, she offers Albert her chafing dish. She has already offered it to Francine and Albert multiple times through the Act, and they’ve declined each time. In this moment, Albert finally snaps. He and Francine do not want Bev’s hand-me-downs. Although they are poorer than she is, and do not have a chafing dish, they are also not in need. Bev imagines that her gifts to Francine are all deeply appreciated, because her things are nicer than Francine’s things. However, Albert makes it clear that he and Francine have their “own things,” Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas.
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Chafing Dish Term Timeline in Clybourne Park
The timeline below shows where the term Chafing Dish appears in Clybourne Park. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 1
...uniform, enters from the kitchen to talk to Bev. Bev tries to give Francine a chafing dish that she never uses. Although Francine admits she doesn’t have that type of dish, she...
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Once again, Bev asks Francine if she wants the chafing dish , and once again she declines. As Albert and Francine exit through the front door,...
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...“it’s just money,” but he refuses to take it. She tries to give him the chafing dish , which he does not want, and he eventually tells her “we don’t want your...
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