He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him look at the works.

Dashiell Hammett

Black Mask

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Topic

Moment of realization Inflection points

Speaker

Brigid O'Shaughnessy

Author

Dashiell Hammett

Source

The Maltese Falcon Black Mask

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." Black Mask, Sept. 1929 - Jan. 1930. Serial.

Current Citation

Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest. Everyman's Library, 2000, ch. 7.

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Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.

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Burnt Norton

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The road not taken Grass is always greener Counterfactual history

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Burnt Norton Four Quartets
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 1.

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Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!

William Shakespeare

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Beauty is skin deep Looks are deceiving Beauty Appearance vs. reality
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Juliet Capulet

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Question Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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