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Hobson's Choice - Coggle Diagram
Hobson's Choice
Key Quotes
"the rebellious females of this house... Therss been a gradual increase of uppishness towards me..." - HOBSON
"It's immodest." - HOBSON
"It's not immodest, father. It's the fashion to wear bustles." - ALICE
"Why, lass, his father was a workhouse brat." - HOBSON
"It's news to me we're snobs in Salford" - MAGGIE
"Well, if anyone had told me I was coming in here to spend a pound, I'd have called him crazy." - ALBERT
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"You're going to wed me, Will," - MAGGIE
"Why did I stay too long[at the Moonraker's]? To try to forget I'd had a thankless child..." - HOBSON
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"Chronic Alcoholism... You'd a warning this morning that any sane man would listen to and you're going to listen to it, sir." - DOCTOR
"But, but you're Will Mossop, my old shoe hand..." - HOBSON
"Aye, I were, but I've moved on a bit since then." - WILL
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Context
Harold Brighouse was born in 1882 in Salford, Greater Manchester
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Society was divided in a socio-economic divide. Although, the idea of having a place in society and people were getting more brave as to sticking their neck out and standing their ground.
Mechanism of industry meant that more goods were machine-made rather than hand-crafted like Willie's.
Plot
Henry Hobson is the owner of a shoe shop. His three daughters - Alice, Vicky and Maggie work for him and all are eager to get out of it. When the headstrong Maggie announces she intends to marry Will Mossop. Maggie and Henry engage in an intense argument. As Maggie works on launching a competing business, she also helps her sisters free themselves of their domineering father.