Alison’s upper class friend, who comes to stay with the couple while acting in a play, and ends up having an affair with Jimmy after Alison leaves him. She is described as having a “sense of matriarchal authority” that “makes most men who meet her anxious.” Helena has a strong code of middle class morals that eventually force her to leave Jimmy.
Helena Charles Quotes in Look Back in Anger
The Look Back in Anger quotes below are all either spoken by Helena Charles or refer to Helena Charles. 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 2, Scene 1
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One day, when I’m no longer spending my days running a sweet-stall, I may write a book about us all…and it won’t be recollected in tranquility either, picking daffodils with Auntie Wordsworth. It’ll be recollected in fire, and blood. My blood.
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Anyone who’s never watched somebody die is suffering from a pretty bad case of virginity.
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Helena Charles Quotes in Look Back in Anger
The Look Back in Anger quotes below are all either spoken by Helena Charles or refer to Helena Charles. 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 2, Scene 1
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One day, when I’m no longer spending my days running a sweet-stall, I may write a book about us all…and it won’t be recollected in tranquility either, picking daffodils with Auntie Wordsworth. It’ll be recollected in fire, and blood. My blood.
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Anyone who’s never watched somebody die is suffering from a pretty bad case of virginity.
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