"According to a quote from William Congreve's play ""The Mourning Bride"" (1697), spoken by Zara in Act 3, Scene 2, ""Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman ... "" what?"
The Mourning Bride quotation of Zara in Act III, Scene VIII: This is usually paraphrased as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." The Mourning Bride The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields. The play centres on Zara, a queen held captive by Manuel, King of Granada, and a web of love and deception which results in the mistaken murder of Manuel who is in disguise, and Zara's also mistaken suicide in response. There are two very widely known quotations in the play; from the opening to
Rage in Heaven Rage in Heaven Rage in Heaven is a 1941 American psychological thriller film noir about the destructive power of jealousy. It was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and based on the novel by James Hilton. It features Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, and George Sanders. The film opens with the following quote: "Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned." which is incorrectly attributed to Milton (quote is from William Congreve's "The Mourning Bride"). At a mental institution in Paris, Doctor Rameau (Oscar Homolka) discusses with the British consul the case of a man who identifies himself as Ward Andrews.