"Lady Stanmore will never know the value of domestic happiness till she has lost it: she will then find that female domination is wretched slavery; and that the silken tie--the silver links that chain the heart of woman to a worthy husband, is her noblest ornament--her crown of triumph."
— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Sampson Low
Date
January 9, 1827
Metaphor
"Lady Stanmore will never know the value of domestic happiness till she has lost it: she will then find that female domination is wretched slavery; and that the silken tie--the silver links that chain the heart of woman to a worthy husband, is her noblest ornament--her crown of triumph."
Metaphor in Context
OLD REVEL
Save him! secure his felicity! Lady Stanmore will never know the value of domestic happiness till she has lost it: she will then find that female domination is wretched slavery; and that the silken tie--the silver links that chain the heart of woman to a worthy husband, is her noblest ornament--her crown of triumph.
(IV.i)
Save him! secure his felicity! Lady Stanmore will never know the value of domestic happiness till she has lost it: she will then find that female domination is wretched slavery; and that the silken tie--the silver links that chain the heart of woman to a worthy husband, is her noblest ornament--her crown of triumph.
(IV.i)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Thomas Morton, A School for Grown Children: A Comedy, in Five Acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. By Thomas Morton (London: Sampson Low, 1827). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/29/2011
