“ A young married woman has something else to do than sit at the spinet without any support for her back; so she gets out of the habit of playing. ”
George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903). copy citation
| Author | George Bernard Shaw |
|---|---|
| Source | Man and Superman |
| Topic | support women |
| Date | 1903 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3328/3328-h/3328-h.htm |
Context
“When your sainted mother, by dint of scoldings and punishments, forced you to learn how to play half a dozen pieces on the spinet which she hated as much as you did—had she any other purpose than to delude your suitors into the belief that your husband would have in his home an angel who would fill it with melody, or at least play him to sleep after dinner? You married my friend Ottavio: well, did you ever open the spinet from the hour when the Church united him to you?
ANA. You are a fool, Juan. A young married woman has something else to do than sit at the spinet without any support for her back; so she gets out of the habit of playing. DON JUAN. Not if she loves music. No: believe me, she only throws away the bait when the bird is in the net.
ANA. [bitterly] And men, I suppose, never throw off the mask when their bird is in the net.” source
ANA. You are a fool, Juan. A young married woman has something else to do than sit at the spinet without any support for her back; so she gets out of the habit of playing. DON JUAN. Not if she loves music. No: believe me, she only throws away the bait when the bird is in the net.
ANA. [bitterly] And men, I suppose, never throw off the mask when their bird is in the net.” source
