Private Lives

Private Lives Questions and Answers

What does the phrase "certain women should be struck like gongs" mean in Private Lives?

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What was Noel Coward's intended message in Private Lives?

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In Private Lives, which senses are stimulated and do characters focus on any particular sense?

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What are the main symbols in "Private Lives" and what do they represent?

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What is the symbolic and thematic meaning of the hotel in Noel Coward's "Private Lives?"

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What pleasures do the characters pursue in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and are they taboo or mainstream?

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What kind of structures have been at play in this world? Have those structures been rigid or flexible? In Noël Coward’s play Private Lives, do one or more characters challenge these structures?

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In which line is the hint to the location of the first act?

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