"You should not soften, but steel my heart!"
— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson [etc.]
Date
1795
Metaphor
"You should not soften, but steel my heart!"
Metaphor in Context
JOANNA
Be not so kind. You should not soften, but steel my heart! Teach it to have neither fear nor feeling of wrong; to laugh when others weep. Oh! I'll mock at sorrow!(II.ii)
Be not so kind. You should not soften, but steel my heart! Teach it to have neither fear nor feeling of wrong; to laugh when others weep. Oh! I'll mock at sorrow!(II.ii)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Drama); found again in ECCO-TCP
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
