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Wassilij
Wassilij’s daughter, Vera works at the town factory, where she’s become engaged to a young mechanic. She is a fervent believer in the Party and believes everything that she is told by the authorities. Vera represents the transition from the old to the new guard, not in the Party leadership but among ordinary people. By the end, she seems to be scheming for a way to get her father out of the home they share so that she can start a new life with her fiancé there—the epitome of the kind of instrumental logic promoted by the Party.
Vera Wassiljovna Quotes in Darkness at Noon
The Darkness at Noon quotes below are all either spoken by Vera Wassiljovna or refer to Vera Wassiljovna. 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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“Covered with shame, trampled in the dust, about to die, I will describe to you the sad progress of a traitor, that it may serve as a lesson and terrifying example to the millions of our country…”
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“…After a short deliberation, the President read the sentence. The Council of the Supreme Revolutionary Court of Justice sentenced the accused in every case to the maximum penalty: death by shooting and the confiscation of all their personal property.”
The old man Wassilij stared at the rusty hook above his head. He murmured: “Thy will be done. Amen,” and turned to the wall.
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Vera Wassiljovna Quotes in Darkness at Noon
The Darkness at Noon quotes below are all either spoken by Vera Wassiljovna or refer to Vera Wassiljovna. 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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The Grammatical Fiction: 1
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“Covered with shame, trampled in the dust, about to die, I will describe to you the sad progress of a traitor, that it may serve as a lesson and terrifying example to the millions of our country…”
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“…After a short deliberation, the President read the sentence. The Council of the Supreme Revolutionary Court of Justice sentenced the accused in every case to the maximum penalty: death by shooting and the confiscation of all their personal property.”
The old man Wassilij stared at the rusty hook above his head. He murmured: “Thy will be done. Amen,” and turned to the wall.
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