La Belle Dame Flashcards

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Knight-at arms

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Tragic hero, high status, sets up fall from magnitude

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And on thy cheeks a fading rose fast withered too”

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Death of the knight, “fading rose” colour from his face

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I met a lady in the means, full beautiful -a faerys child

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Introduction to the turning point in the knights life, shows beginning of his down fall, intro of superhuman elements

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And nothing else saw all day long

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Knights obsession causes blindness and naivety, the knights hamartia, also could be down to enchantments of la belle

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And there she wept and sighed full sore

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Pathos for la belle, suggests she is a victim of her own fate, tragic victim?

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And there I shut her wild eyes with kisses four

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Woman is innocent and young, knight wants to control her, possibly positioned as tragic villain

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I saw pale kinds and princes too

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Supernatural warning, realisation of the knights mistakes

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