How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Every other place I'd seen aboard the Seahawk had a rough, crude look, with not the slightest hint of style or culture about them. The captain's cabin was a world apart. (5.5)
Charlotte is absolutely delighted with the refinement and taste evident in the captain's interior decorations. She assumes that expensive furnishings in his cabin mean that the captain is a good, genteel sort of person. But is he?
Quote #5
"I fear a crew such as mine has little liking for good taste or, alas, order. It offends them. But then, you and I – people of our class – we understand the better things of life, don't we?" (5.17)
Because of their shared class background, Captain Jaggery addresses Charlotte as an equal. She is part of his "we." But is this shared pronoun merely a strategy to ensure her loyalty? Does he really regard her as his equal? You might remember that he says something very similar to the men of the crew during the courtroom scene in Chapter 18.
Quote #6
Then and there – beneath the eyes of all the crew – he took up my hand, bowed over it, and touched his lips to my fingers. I fairly glowed with pride. Finally I followed – perhaps floated is a better word – after Mr. Hollybrass. (6.31)
While Charlotte adores Captain Jaggery's chivalry, these polite gestures keep her seeing him for the tyrant that he is. Is the captain's treatment of Charlotte based on the idea that he is her equal, or that he's her superior? Is chivalry based on the idea of equality or is it more about power?