"The Bloody Chamber" quotes 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureThe Bloody ChamberA2/A-levelAQA Created by: DramaticFreakCreated on: 02-06-16 13:27 My skin... "My skin crisps at his touch" 1 of 27 As if... "As if he were ********* the leaves of an arthichoke" 2 of 27 Sea; sand... "Sea; sand; a sky that melts into the sea" 3 of 27 A dozen husbands... "A dozen husbands impaled a dozen brides" 4 of 27 I knew I had... "I knew I had behaved exactly according to his desires" 5 of 27 I had been... "I had been infinitely dishevelled by the loss of my virginity" 6 of 27 The bloody bandage... "The bloody bandage of rubies" 7 of 27 Not the key... "Not the key to my heart. Rather the key to my enfer" 8 of 27 The castle... "The castle was adrift" 9 of 27 Every man... "Every man must have one secret" 10 of 27 But he would not... "But he would not let me take off my ruby choker, although it was growing very uncomfortable" 11 of 27 And the very first... "And the very first key I picked out of that pile was, as luck or ill fortune had it, the key to the room he had forbidden me" 12 of 27 A lily... "A lily. Possessed of that strange, ominous calm of a sentient vegetable" 13 of 27 With trembling fingers... "With trembling fingers I fastened the thing about my neck. It was cold as ice and chilled me." 14 of 27 Faery... "Faery solitude" 15 of 27 The trumpets... "The trumpets of the angels of death" 16 of 27 I might find... "I might find his real self in his den" 17 of 27 Imponderable... "Imponderable weight of his desire" 18 of 27 Into marriage... "Into marriage, into exile" 19 of 27 I saw the... "I saw the heart-shaped stain had transferred itself to my forehead...the key gleamed" 20 of 27 I was innocent... "I was innocent, but not naive" 21 of 27 I sensed... "I sensed in myself a potentiality for corruption that took my breath away" 22 of 27 The heavy... "The heavy eyelids over eyes that always disturbed me by their absolute absence of light" 23 of 27 My eagle... "My eagle-featured, indomitable mother" 24 of 27 Young, with... "Young, with a gentle mouth and grey eyes" 25 of 27 CRITIC: The sexually depraved... "The sexually depraved Marquis is unnaturally white and waxy, like the funeral lilies" - Makinen 26 of 27 CRITIC: The two virgins... "The two virgins in 'The Bloody Chamber' and 'The Erl-King' do not fear ****...just their sexual partners' designs on them" - Makinen 27 of 27
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