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Phaedra is the stepdaughter of Troy Whitworth. She is the current May Queen and is expected to hand over her title at this year’s festival, and she’s well-liked throughout Flintock. However, at the start of the play, she has been missing for several days and no one knows where she has gone. Eventually, it’s revealed that Phaedra has been staying with Johnny. Johnny insinuates that Phaedra ran away from home in part because her stepfather, Troy Whitworth, was sexually abusing her.
Phaedra Quotes in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem quotes below are all either spoken by Phaedra or refer to Phaedra . 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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Prologue Quotes
PHAEDRA: And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon England’s mountains green,
And was the holy lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen.
She beams, pulls a string and the wings flap.
And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon those clouded hills,
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among those dark satanic—
Thumping music. She flees.
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This passage opens Jerusalem and is notable, in part, because it features Phaedra, who will not appear again until the prologue of Act II. Phaedra’s presence signifies her importance to the play even though she is absent for the majority of its runtime. This prologue, along with the title Jerusalem, suggest that the play will be invested in English myths and religious traditions. Notably, Jerusalem is the city where Jesus Christ was born and later crucified. These two stanzas formally represent the duality between the heavenly and the satanic, which perhaps have more similarities than one might think. The text 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. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta imped
Act 1 Quotes
DAVEY: You know what I reckon. I reckon she’s been got by a werewolf. She’s been turned away from The ‘Rakers, wandered off into the night, in tears, whereupon a werewolf has heard her tragic sobs, and he’s followed her through the brush and he’s pounced. He’s torn her arms and legs off and eaten her virgin heart. Seriously. In a day or two, someone’ll find a bloody patch of turf in a clearing, with just these pink fairy wings flapping in the breeze.
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This moment comes from the play’s first mention of Phaedra, a teenage girl who is missing and won’t reappear until the very end of the play. Davey’s theory about a werewolf eating Phaedra plays into the play’s larger interest in how English folklore interacts with contemporary society. Before the beginning of Act II, Phaedra comes out alone on stage and sings a cover of a contemporary song about a werewolf that, while violent, deserves love. Notably, later in the play, Butterworth reveals that Phaedra has been staying with Johnny all along. As such, Johnny represents the werewolf she sings about 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 nesciu
Act 2 Quotes
TROY: And, you know what they done? They undone their flies and they pissed on you too. All overs you. On your face. In your hair. In your mouth. Took photos with their phones. Sent it to everyone. I bet Lee there’s got it on his phone. Pea. Tanya. I know Davey has. He filmed it. Show him, Davey. Show Rooster what you done. They told me all the stories, Rooster. Took me right back. Nothing changes up here.
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This moment comes at the end of Act II, as Troy and Johnny get into a fight about Phaedra. After Johnny humiliates Troy by implying that he sexually abuses his stepdaughter, Troy humiliates Johnny in return by telling a story about how two men urinated on him while he was passed out. While the story itself is not particularly surprising—Johnny’s drinking and partying has led to all manner of questionable situations—Johnny interprets his friends’ knowledge of the situation as a major betrayal. As much as he likes to think of himself as an individualist, Johnny fancies himself the leader of 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.
Act 3 Quotes
JOHNNY: How many houses are you building? Who gets the contract? Who gets the kickback? You’re right. Kids come here. Half of them are safer here than they are at home. You got nowhere else to go, come on over. The door’s open. You don’t like it, stay away. What the fuck do you think an English forest is for?
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This quote comes from Johnny’s conversation with Parsons and Fawcett, who have warned him to vacate his property immediately. Johnny is skeptical about whether the upcoming construction is as beneficial to society as Fawcett and Parsons claim. He seems to suspect that someone is undertaking it to line their pockets rather than supply the residents of Flintock with the housing they need. Also, for the first time, he defends his grove in moral terms, claiming that he is providing a valuable service for the community’s youth, who otherwise have no place to go. In particular, he is surely thinking about 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
GINGER: I thought we were mates.
JOHNNY: Mates.
GINGER: I thought we were. Friends and that.
JOHNNY: I see. I see. Well. Listen to me now. Listen very careful. (Beat.) We’re not friends. I’m not your friend. I’m Johnny Byron. I’m nobody’s friend. Is that clear? Now get. You and all these rats. Just leave me alone. Or yours is what’s coming.
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This conversation is the last time Johnny and Ginger speak to each other in the play. Throughout the play, it seems that Ginger is the person who knows Johnny best: he is around the most, and he has known Johnny for a long time. Although Ginger tends to give Johnny a hard time, he also appears to have genuine respect from him and is hurt when Johnny tells him they are no longer friends. This moment is a major turning point for Johnny’s character because, with the possible exception of Phaedra (who is still hiding inside his trailer), he has 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. Commo
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Phaedra Character Timeline in Jerusalem
The timeline below shows where the character Phaedra appears in Jerusalem. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Prologue
The sound of a drum, accordions, and pipes fill the air. A 15-year-old girl named Phaedra appears, dressed like a fairy. She curtseys and then sings a song about England in...
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Act 1
...not going home with everyone else. Then, Lee asks the girls if they have seen Phaedra. Pea says the no one has seen Phaedra since she got turned away from a...
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...him than spend time in more dangerous areas. Wesley asks Johnny if he has seen Phaedra, who he knows often comes by Johnny’s place. Johnny says he has not seen her...
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Prologue 2
Phaedra appears dressed up like a fairy and sings a song called “Werewolf” by Barry Dransfield....
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Act 2
Just then, Troy Whitworth, Phaedra’s stepfather, shows up, interrupting the trivia game. Johnny invites Troy to join the party. Troy...
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...tells a story to himself about a knight fighting a dragon. When he finishes speaking, Phaedra walks out of Johnny’s mobile home, still dressed as a fairy. She is trembling and...
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Act 3
Phaedra steps out of Johnny’s trailer and asks him about Fawcett and Parsons. Johnny says they...
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Phaedra asks Johnny why he continues to hang around Flintock when he has the option of...
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At 5:55 p.m., Phaedra tells Johnny that she will only be the May Queen for five more minutes before...
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As they are dancing, Troy appears with two other men. Phaedra runs away, but the men grab Johnny, violently beating him as Troy stands guard. Ginger...
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