La belle dame sans merci
- Created by: elliejelly66
- Created on: 26-04-17 00:24
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- Tragic Hero
- Knight undergoes downfall- limbic, dazed state.
- Knight entices the lady with flower garlands despite noting 'her eyes were wild' and willingly claimed some form of possession over her 'I set her on my pacing steed'
- La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- Victim: Knight
- Cyclical nature of the poem, creates feelings of entrapment and hopelessness- confirmed by repetition
- Alone- fields once full of crops are empty, no birdsong. Feeling of isolation and vulnerability
- Knight's setting is empty, joyless, hopeless atmosphere which creates pathos
- Victim: The Lady
- Given no perspective, questionable if she is being properly represented. Misrepresented personality and actions are only relayed by the Knight
- Return to her 'elfin grot' and 'there she wept and sighed'- indicating unhappiness
- Knight's perspective portrays her as evil enchantress, she may intact be a victim- innocently tries to lul him to sleep- comforting, soothing (supported- slight onomatopoeia)
- Victim: Knight
- Follows her back to her 'elfin grot' despite noting twice that she was a 'faery child'. Active in his downfall
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