Lamia Flashcards
His eyes had drunk her beauty up
Greedy, romantic, beginning of the downfall
Lycius perplexed at words so blind and blank / by blinded lycius
Myopia, blindness to Lamias false beauty
New voice luting/ she began to sing
Greek mythology, siren-Esque, luring, entrapping, femme fatale
Mumuring of love and pale with pain
Juxtaposition, confliction between love and pain, sickly imagery
I have no friends, no not one
Pathos for lamia
Convulsed with scarlet pain
Synaesthesia, unnatural occurrence
Even as thou vanishest so I shall die
Foreshadows lycius’ death, makes it more tragic, audience expects the end - heightening cathartis
Bliss / hiss
Rhymes emphasise tragedy to come, serpent like, sibilants, evil
Fell into a swooning love of him
Humility/pathos for lamia,less villainous, ambiguity, romantic
