How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Then her brain would be busy with wild romances of a flight from home in search of something less sordid and dreary [...]. But in the middle of her vision her father would perhaps enter the room for the evening [...]. The voice pierced through Maggie like a sword: there was another sadness besides her own, and she had been thinking of turning her back on it and forsaking it. (4.3.35)
Though Maggie feels very strongly about doing her duty towards her family, it isn’t always easy for her to follow through on her resolve. Maggie’s imagination always seeks to give her some sort of an "out" and she must always choose to acknowledge her family duties and to stay.
Quote #5
"Now then Maggie, there are but two courses for you to take: either you vow solemnly with your hand on my father’s Bible, that you will never hold another meeting or speak another word in private with Philip Wakem, or you refuse, and I tell my father everything." (5.5.47)
Tom presents Maggie with a harsh choice here, which is actually something of a false dilemma, or a kind of fake either/or situation. Tom is basically giving Maggie two options and presenting them like they are the only options, when they really aren’t. These choices are the only ones available in Tom’s mind at least.
Quote #6
"It is unnatural - it is horrible, Maggie, if you loved me as I love you, we should throw everything else to the winds for the sake of belonging to each other. We should break all these mistaken ties that were made in blindness - and determine to marry each other." (6.11.35)
Stephen pleads with Maggie to essentially abandon all other promises and obligations that she made before falling in love with him. For Stephen, the present and their personal feelings cancel out everything else, and the only right choice they can make is to marry.