Lamia Flashcards
John Keats
Who says this;
What does it show?
“The lady, ever watchful penetrant, saw this with pain”
Lamia:
Anagnorisis - a mans need will never be fulfilled even if you are beautiful and supernatural. She is hurt as she realises that Lycius wants to leave as he is bored. Logic/reason is killing love
Who says this;
What does it show?
“For that she was a woman…inhabited her frail-strung heart as his”
Lamia:
Pathos - she wants to convince him she is a woman and not a Goddess, saying her heart is like his and fragile
Who says this;
What does it show?
“For so delicious were the words she sung”
Lamia:
Her voice is so beautiful it sounds like a song, the adjective implies others want to consume her. Femme fatale?
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Cried, ‘Lycius! gentle Lycius!’ “
Lamia:
Hamartia/myopia - first thing she does when she is turned human is call out to Lycius - she is obsessed and fully consumed
Who says this;
What does it show?
“The glowing banquet-room shone with wide-arched”
Lamia:
Megalopsychia - she has the ability to change the appearance of her surroundings, doing it to make it more realistic and natural.
Hamartia - changing who she is and all to fit in with the mortal life
Who says this;
What does it show?
“As pale it lay upon the rosy couch”
Lamia:
Peripeteia - she is pale due to love, whereas it was Lycius who was initially pale. AO4: La Belle “thy cheeks a fading rose”
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Smooth-lipped serpent”
Lamia:
Hermes knows of the danger that Lamia holds, shown thrown sibilance
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Than with a frightful scream she vanished”
Lamia:
Catharsis - her life was perfect, she had the love of her life, her human body back and now it is ruined and lost due to Lycius inviting Apollonius to the wedding
Who says this;
What does it show?
“No pulse, or breath they found, and, in its marriage robe, the heavy body wound”
Lycius:
Anagnorisis - he was bored of her and now they are both dead. With love/imagination (symbolised by Lamia) gone, he dies of a broken heart
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Lycius blushes, and led the old man through”
Lycius:
Hamartia - he brings Apollonius into the wedding even after Lamia asked him not to (her one condition to the marriage)
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Pale with pain”
Lycius:
Physical pain from being rejected by her, parallels to the Knight in La Belle, AO4
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Fair creature?”
Lycius:
Myopia - the irony as he doesn’t realise she is actually a creature. The reference to creature also shows he views her as lower than him, he owns her (The Great Chain of Being)
Who says this;
What does it show?
“By blinded Lycius”
Lycius:
Myopia - he is blind to Lamia’s powers as she is that beautiful
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Deafening the swallows twitter…trumpets…into the noisy world”
Lycius:
Hubris - even though he initially got everything he wanted (Lamia) he is still not happy. The outside world is calling him back as he is bored of the magical world
Who says this;
What does it show?
“Let my foes choke, and my friends shout afar”
Lycius:
He wants to get married, not just for love but to show her off, he is objectifying her and being selfish
