Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Death and the King's Horseman.
Mortality Quotes
Who does not seek to be remembered? Memory is Master of Death, the chinkIn his armour of conceit. (1.98)
Principles Quotes
My rein is loosened.I am master of my Fate. When the hour comesWatch me dance along the narrowing pathGlazed by the soles of my great precursors.My soul is eager. I shall not turn aside. (1.36)
Courage Quotes
[…] Tell my tapper I have ejectedFear from home and farm. Assure him,All is well. (1.30)
Foreignness and 'The Other' Quotes
PILKINGS: What the hell is the matter with you man!JANE: Your costume darling. Our fancy dress. (2.9-10)
Religion Quotes
I think you've shocked his big pagan heart bless him. (2.12)
Race Quotes
Oh no, master is white man. And good christian. Black man juju can't touch master. (2.88)
Gender Quotes
You're like a jealous wife. Stay close to me, but only on this side. (1.10)
Primitiveness Quotes
What do you mean you don't know? It's only two years since your conversion. Don't tell me all that holy water nonsense also wiped out your tribal memory. (2.109)