Lamia Flashcards
some ____’s mistress, or ____ demon’s ____
- she has power
- darkness
- association with devil
some demon’s mistress, or the demon’s self
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striped like a ____, freckled ____ a ____
- exotic animals, seems otherwordly
- dangerous and unknown
- inhuman
striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard
the ____ she spake ____ as though ____ through ____, Love’s sake
- luxurious, thick, sweet
- charming him
the words she spake came as though bubbling through honey, Love’s sake
to ____ it unaffronted, ____ by the ____ glances of ____ eyes
- protecting her and her beauty
- beauty= power, can be dangerous
- time of lamia being generous?
to keep it unaffronted, unassailed by the love glances of unlovely eyes
she ____ about, ____ with ____ pain
- putting herself through this to be with a mortal man- tragedy
- red, visceral
- imagery of fire, pain, dangerous
she writhed about, convulsed with scarlet pain
____ her ____ flaunted with the ____
- contrast from top to bottom, red pain to clear water and green trees
- daffodils suggest spring, new birth, fertility
- connection with nature, powerful
while her robes flaunted with the daffodils
and ____ into a ____ love of ___
- fell suggests danger of love
- uncontrolable
- make people do crazy things
and fell into a swooning love of him
(her ____ look ____ coy) she saw his ____ so sure
- making a pretence of shyness, modesty- alluring
- powerful and cunning, enchanting him
- chained to her, entrapped in love
- () extra inforamation, narrative technique, like a play
(her soft look growing coy) she saw his chain so sure
____ Lycius, so in her ____
- victim, he is so in love that he doesn’t notice the magic
- love is a powerful force
blinded Lycius, so in her compromised
Appolonius… but ____ he seems the ____ of folly ____ my ____ dreams
- turning point
- instinct knows he is a threat
- real person, believed to be similar to jesus, performed miracles, defeated Lamia
Appolonius… but tonight he seems the ghost of folly haunting my sweet dreams
what ____ afterwards ____
- foreshadowing, would be nice to leave with this happy ending, but downfall from here
what woe afterwards befell
too ____ was their ____
- their time isn’t long enough
- he will die quickly
- tragic tale
too short was their bliss
that ____ lined palace of ____ sin
- unmarried
- doing something wrong, punished?
that purple lined palace of sweet sin
how to ____, trammel up and ____ your ____ in mine and ____ you there
- hide him there for only her, possessive, controlling
- trap their sould togther
- seems dangerous and magical
how to entangle, trammel up and snare your soul in mine and labynth you there
for ____ guest to ____ himself upon ____ and infest… yet ____ do this ____
- morally good, feels it is his duty
- must warn and protect
- infested- knows he is unwanted
for uninvited guest to force himself upon you and infest… yet must do this wrong
