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Meg Sheridan
Jose is Laura’s forceful, practical, and confident sister who enjoys ordering around her siblings and the family’s servants. The way Jose talks to her mother suggests that she is younger than Laura, and she is happy to act as her mother’s enforcer, encouraging Laura to stop worrying about Scott’s death and “pacifying” the cook, of whom Mrs. Sheridan is “terrified.” Before the party, Jose insists on practicing the song “This Life is Weary” to Meg’s piano accompaniment. Instead of matching its elegiac tone, she sings the song about heartbreak, death, and needless suffering with a wide smile and asks for her mother’s approval. Laura’s conflict with Jose symbolizes her increasing (but incomplete) independence from her family’s social position and her mother’s way of thinking.
Jose Sheridan Quotes in The Garden Party
The The Garden Party quotes below are all either spoken by Jose Sheridan or refer to Jose Sheridan. 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 Garden Party
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“This Life is Wee-ary,
A Tear—a Sigh.
A Love that Chan-ges,
This Life is Wee-ary,
A Tear—a Sigh.
A Love that Chan-ges,
And then... Good-bye!”
But at the word "Good-bye," and although the piano sounded more desperate than ever, her face broke into a brilliant, dreadfully unsympathetic smile.
"Aren't I in good voice, mummy?" she beamed.
“This Life is Wee-ary,
Hope comes to Die.
A Dream—a Wa-kening.”
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“Oh, Laura!” Jose began to be seriously annoyed. “If you're going to stop a band playing every time some one has an accident, you'll lead a very strenuous life. I'm every bit as sorry about it as you. I feel just as sympathetic.” Her eyes hardened. She looked at her sister just as she used to when they were little and fighting together. “You won't bring a drunken workman back to life by being sentimental,” she said softly.
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Jose Sheridan Quotes in The Garden Party
The The Garden Party quotes below are all either spoken by Jose Sheridan or refer to Jose Sheridan. 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:
).
The Garden Party
Quotes
“This Life is Wee-ary,
A Tear—a Sigh.
A Love that Chan-ges,
This Life is Wee-ary,
A Tear—a Sigh.
A Love that Chan-ges,
And then... Good-bye!”
But at the word "Good-bye," and although the piano sounded more desperate than ever, her face broke into a brilliant, dreadfully unsympathetic smile.
"Aren't I in good voice, mummy?" she beamed.
“This Life is Wee-ary,
Hope comes to Die.
A Dream—a Wa-kening.”
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“Oh, Laura!” Jose began to be seriously annoyed. “If you're going to stop a band playing every time some one has an accident, you'll lead a very strenuous life. I'm every bit as sorry about it as you. I feel just as sympathetic.” Her eyes hardened. She looked at her sister just as she used to when they were little and fighting together. “You won't bring a drunken workman back to life by being sentimental,” she said softly.
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