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Lorraine
Theresa is originally from Georgia and moves into Brewster Place with her girlfriend Lorraine. She works as a personnel director for the Board of Education. A dominant, assertive personality, Theresa wants shy, people-pleasing Lorraine to be more independent. She encourages Lorraine not to care what their neighbors think about the fact that they are in a same-sex relationship. Yet when Lorraine does become more independent and outspoken as a result of her supportive friendship with alcoholic janitor Ben, Theresa feels jealous, disoriented, and threatened. During a fight, Lorraine admits that she likes Ben because he doesn’t make her feel different from anyone else. Theresa insists that Lorraine’s homosexuality makes her different until Lorraine cries. Afterward, Lorraine insists on going to a party at a gay club even when Theresa says she isn’t in the mood—and, when Lorraine is coming home and is about to pay Ben a visit, C.C. Baker and his friends brutally rape her. Theresa ends up regretting her fight with Lorraine for the rest of her life. It is implied that she moves out of Brewster Place shortly after Lorraine’s rape, though the scene in which this occurs may actually be Mattie Michael’s dream.
Theresa Quotes in The Women of Brewster Place
The The Women of Brewster Place quotes below are all either spoken by Theresa or refer to Theresa. 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 Good Book says them things is an abomination against the Lord. We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.”
“My Bible also says in First Peter not to be a busybody in other people’s matters, Sophie. And the way I see it, if they ain’t bothering what goes on in my place, why should I bother ‘bout what goes on in theirs?”
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“They love each other like you’d love a man or a man would love you—I guess.”
“But I’ve loved some women deeper than I ever loved any man,” Mattie was pondering. “And there been some women who loved me more and did more for me than any man ever did.”
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Theresa Quotes in The Women of Brewster Place
The The Women of Brewster Place quotes below are all either spoken by Theresa or refer to Theresa. 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:
).
7. The Two
Quotes
“The Good Book says them things is an abomination against the Lord. We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.”
“My Bible also says in First Peter not to be a busybody in other people’s matters, Sophie. And the way I see it, if they ain’t bothering what goes on in my place, why should I bother ‘bout what goes on in theirs?”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
“They love each other like you’d love a man or a man would love you—I guess.”
“But I’ve loved some women deeper than I ever loved any man,” Mattie was pondering. “And there been some women who loved me more and did more for me than any man ever did.”
