Jessie Cameron by Rossetti
- Created by: H
- Created on: 28-05-10 16:57
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- stronger character- title name- voice of male- direct speech- not demonstrating power- feeble
- unrequited love- but tragedy- sense of impending disaster- desperation
- in media res- starting in middle of action
- personification of nature- setting- proleptic hint
- repetition of direct speech- not first incident- continuous occasion- intimidating
- epitaph/obituary- foreshadowing of death
- not representative of victorian era
- narrator flippant- agrees or disagrees with Jessie's attitude- ambivalent representation of character
- Jessie's voice- asserts dominance- monosyllabic adjectives- independent
- internal rhyme- sibilance- 'moan'- 'foam'- 'stretch of sand'
- 'almost'- danger coming- almost home- so close but will never reach it
- like Maude Clare- 'strove'- will end in unhappiness
- young woman of independence- feels she has no choice- emasculation- careless and outspoken- opposite- strong- standing outside social class- possible reflection of Rossetti
- 'they two alone'- short- rhythm broken- no-one will know what happens
- foreshadow of what boy might do
- 'too proud'- hubris of…
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