Isabella quotes Flashcards
Fate and inevitability (3)
“Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel”
“how near my soul is to it’s doom”
“for simple Isabel is soon to be among the dead”
Pride and Folly (2 people, 2 quotes 0 quotes)
brothers- “why were they proud” repetition
“hungry pride”
the brothers want “high noble and all his olive trees”
Lorenzo- foolish because he trusted the brothers, and fell in love with a woman out of his class bracket
Nature and Supernatural(2)
Nature = pot of basil, symbol of safe passage for the dead and the forest where Lorenzo is killed
Supernatural = Lorenzo’s ghost “it was a vision” “ghostly under-song” “pale shadow”
journey towards death and destruction(2)
Lorenzo- “as doth the hunted hare”
Lorenzo- “to kill Lorenzo and there bury him”- foreshadowing
Deception(2)
Brothers deceive Isabella by saying Lorenzo left “Lorenzo had ta’en ship for foreign lands”
Isabella and Lorenzo- hide their love from everyone “close in a bower of hyacinth and musk”
Isabella doesnt tell her brothers that she knows about Lorenzos murder
Suffering(1)
Lorenzo suffers through his death
Isabella suffers through Lorenzo’s death “weeping through her hair” “and so she pined and so she died forlorn
significance of violence and revenge(3)
“they contriv’d to steal the Basil-pot”- brothers taking revenge by taking the pot
“his ears gush’d blood”- violence of brothers
“to pinch and peel”- violence of brothers
Moments of happiness and humor(2)
Happiness never lasts structurally- always followed by negative language
only real happy part = bower “in a bower of hyacinth and musk”
“before the dusk had taken from the stars its pleasant veil”
Setting- time and place(2)
Italy?- gothic/ medieval theme
Bower- stronghold of love, only happy place “close in a bower”
Forest- natural, dark, gloomy “a quiet for the slaughter”
tragic hero of the poem(0)
Both Isabella and Lorenzo could be seen as the tragic hero
Isabella- fights against her brothers and loses her lover
Lorenzo- could be seen as the tragic hero because of his pursuit of love, plus his fatal flaw of not seeing that their love was impossible. Also has a tragic death at the hands of the villains.
Victim(1)
Isabella- knows her love was wrong, therefore caused her suffering
“poor, simple Isabelle” - victim of her situation of the time period as a woman, situation in society causes her to suffer
Villain(3)
Isabella’s brothers
Maltreatment of workers- “they turn’d an easy wheel… That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel” “serpents whine” animal imagery “men of cruel clay” described as harsh, almost as murderers.
Guilt(2)
Brothers-“every night in dreams they groan’d aloud, to see their sister in her snowy shroud”
“Their crimes came on them, like a smoke from Hinnom’s vale”
