'his castle', 'faery solitude', 'mirrors', 'white lilies', 'cut off by the tide', 'enfer', 'long winding corridor', 'embalming parlour'
1 of 17
Death (BC)
'still i felt no fear', 'what form shall it take', ' like an extraordinary, precious slit throat', Death of 3 other wives - takes away their best asset (narrator - brain, model - face, fashionista - body, opera singer - throat), 'martyrdom',
2 of 17
Religion (BC)
'lamb chop', 'prayer books', 'my little nun', 'Saint Cecilia', 'Martyrdom'
3 of 17
Gender (BC)
narrator has no name, 'my little love' (echoed my narrator before Marquis says it), virgin of arpeggios, bargain, familiar treat, but it's our honeymoon, assistance. my mother.
4 of 17
Extremes of emotion (BC)
'still I felt no fear', 'what form shall it take?', 'yes mother, gold taps', 'i could not restrain a sob' (never ever lashes out in frustration (a la wuth heights)), killing women for disobedience- marquis
5 of 17
Setting (Mr L)
'antique cypress', 'deserted', 'wrought iron gates' (snowing. old and unfriendly, yet the spaniel is helpful - juxtapose)
6 of 17
Gender (Mr L)
'miss lamb', 'spotless', 'sacrificial', 'Beauty, his girl child' (sublime?), 'she smiled at herself a little too often in the mirror', 'she had broken her promise', 'she was frightened of his anger, yet joyful'
7 of 17
Religion (Mr L)
'miss lamb', 'sacrificial', material goods craved (rose) (earrings)- against biblical law
8 of 17
Supernatural (Mr L)
'leonine apparation' 'he growled', 'he fell helplessly', 'head of a lion', 'it was no longer a lion she held in her arms, but a man'
9 of 17
Death (Mr L)
'I shall die happy now ' (because she comes to say goodbye), 'don't die beats. if you'll have me i'll never leave you'
10 of 17
Setting (TB)
'chill damp of the place', 'russia', 'the candles dropped hot [wax]', 'gaping doors let wind in everywhere', 'palace', 'the beast had chosen to live in an uninhabited place'
11 of 17
Gender (TB)
'Christmas rose', 'posession', 'if you are so careless with your treasures', 'pretty young lady unclothed', 'tossed it into a corner' (not materialistic/ how a woman is expected to behave), 'lamb'
12 of 17
Supernatural (TB)
'he will lick the skin off me', 'my earrings turned back into water', 'devils picture books', 'The beast', 'the tiger will never lie down with the lamb'
13 of 17
Religion (TB)
'tiger will not lie dow with the lamb', 'devil's picture books', 'spurious Eden in which all the fruit was blighted by cold'
14 of 17
Setting (SC)
'Midwinter. invincible, immaculate', 'the whole world was white'
15 of 17
Gender (SC)
a girl as... 'white as snow' 'black as a raven' 'red as blood' VS 'shiny black boots', 'red heels' (all the count's wife is missing is the virginal aspect), 'she', 'the girl'
16 of 17
Extremes of Emotion (SC)
'fetch it for me', 'watched narrowly' (again, the females hold it together) 'thrust his virile member into the dead girl' (males cant cope with strong emotions), 'reined her stamping mare' (nature against the violation)
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Death (BC)
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'still i felt no fear', 'what form shall it take', ' like an extraordinary, precious slit throat', Death of 3 other wives - takes away their best asset (narrator - brain, model - face, fashionista - body, opera singer - throat), 'martyrdom',
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