Julia Flashcards
Her voice was
Sebastian’s and his way of speaking
She so much resembled
Sebastian that (..) I was confused by the double illusion of familiarity and strangeness
What was Julia’s only palpable different ve
Because her sex was the palpable difference between the familiar and the strange … I felt her to be especially female
What animal is she compared to
Spidery
Thin flat chested leggy bodiless and
Spidery
Hitchens
The whore madonna complex might have been invented for her
Andrew Sarris
Julia and religio.
Ryder is a self-proclaimed atheist who loses Julia because he fails to appreciate how strong and lasting her catholic upbringing has been in shaping her character
What happened in 1918 and 1928
In 1918 the vote was given to women 30+ and Julia cldnt vote
But in 1928 it was made available for 18+ and hence Julia cld
Rothstein
A repressed identity firmly interiorised during youth
Cementing of faith
A twitch upon the thread
THIS was the ? , …
THIS was the creature, neither child nor woman
HER vs protestantes
If she apostatised now, having been brought up in the church, she would go to hell, while the Protestant girls of her acquaintance could (…) live at peace with their world and get to heaven before her
Julia reacting to marriage
Oh mummy must I see him
Oh mummy I warned you this would happen if I went in there
About fallen woman subversion
‘YOU make a great thing about rescuing fallen women. Well, I rescuing, a fallen man for a change. I’m saving Rex from mortal sin.”
How does Julia described a her wedding
“Squalid “
“Gruesome”
Rothstein quote about gatsby and escape from family for Julia
Julia’s relationship with Rex offers her a way out of the confinement of family tradition into a world of international, gatsbyesque play.
