Lamia Flashcards
(Lamia as Dangerous and evil)
‘Nothing but..
…pain and ugliness were left’
(Lamia as manipulative and powerful)
‘Not with cold wonder fearingly,…
…but Orpheus-like at an eurydice’
(looking at Lamia would cause tragic events)
(Lamia as manipulative and powerful)
‘His eyes had…
…drunk her beauty up’
(Lamia as manipulative and powerful)
‘Delicious were the
…words she sung’
(Lamia as vunerable and sympathetic)
‘His passion, cruel…
shows lamia as the feminine inferior within her relationship with lycius
…grown, took a hue’
Lamia enjoys conforming to the stereotype of the man dominating her
‘She loved…
…the tyranny’
We feel sorry for lamia as she loves lycius but not the marriage part
‘How to dress…
…the misery in fit magnificance’
Lamia is in desperate need of a human body to have a chance with lycius
‘to move…
…in sweet body’
prompts the audience to feel pathos for Lamia
‘Ah!..
…miserable me’
‘Real are…
…the dreams of god’
synaestesia because something so unatural is occuring
‘Convulsed…
…with scarlett pain’
Hightens emotions leading to Lycius’ death
‘Even as thou…
…vanishest so I shall die’
When Lamia dies Lycius is unhappy with his Life
‘Lycius’ arms were…
…empty with delight
Lycius dies becuase he no loonger recieves love from Lamia
‘no pulse, or…
…breath they found’
‘The purple palace…
…of sweet sin’
