Eppie Flashcards
Eppie
“soft warm curls”
“begun to pull Marner’s withered cheek with loving disfiguration”
“Hephzibah” - OT character - means “beloved of God” - bringing faith / rededemption
“Marner took her on his lap, trembling with an emotion mysterious to himself, at something unknown dawning on his life” - abstract language with Christian undertones - Romanticism - William Blake Songs of Innocence 1989 - equated children with Christ
“as if it had been a little starved robin” “the stone pits was a soft nest for her” - imagery - comparing her to nature - Romanticism
“endless claims and ever-loving desires” - infinite joy
“seeking and loving sunshine”
“stirring human kindness in all eyes”
“beyond where the flowers grew”
“angels who came and took men by the hand and lead them away from the city of destruction […] towards a calm and bright land”
“soft nest for her”
“her hair ripples as obstinately as a march breeze” - simile - nature
“freshest blossom of youth”
“how neatly her prayer book is folded in her dotted handkerchief” - faith, orderliness
“skipping round to give him an energetic kiss”
“whiteness of her rounded chin” - facial features - abundance and purity
“laughing merrily”
“delicate prettiness”
“I’m stronger than you think, daddy”
“had a touch of refinement and fervour which came from no other teaching than tenderly-nurtured unvitiated feeling” - Silas’ paternity
“I can’t leave my father”
“If it hadn’t been for you, they’d have taken me to the workhouse”
“tenderness of gathering tears in her eyes”
“trembling violently” “hurt and uneasy”
“our life is wonderful”
“attired in pure white”
“her hair looked like the dash of gold on a lily”
“the flowers shone with answering gladness”
“I think nobody could be happier than we are”
