Peter Flashcards
Peter fearing old age?
he “cried” “I am not old”
What did Peter think of the girl he was following?
“witty, with a lizard’s flickering tongue”-his erotic fantasy
How does Peter describe Richard?
“conservative husband” “admirable Richard”-Satire
Peter prefers to control his fantasy than being active within reality
AFTER STALKING “well I’ve had my fun”
Peter’s failure with Oxford
“sent down from Oxford” and calls himself a “failure”
Peter attached to youth
says the boys “don’t know the troubles of the flesh yet”
“the future lies in the hands of young like that”
In Peter’s dream, he is a
“solitary traveller”- epic/ herioc, satirises the empire
How does Peter describe the feminine figure he wishes to be saved by?
she is “made of sky and branches”
she holds “compassion, comprehension and absolution”
Peter criticising Clarissa at her party
“she was at her worst-effusive, insincere”
Peter’s revelation at the end of the party
realises Clarissa brings him “extraordinary excitement”
Peter recalling the intensity of his relationship with Clarissa
“it wasn’t an extraordinary summer”
Peter recalls Clarissa’s spiritual philosophy of connection and the dead living on in memory
“she felt everywhere” “the unseen might survive”
Peter pulls together his social identity before the party
“the soul must brave itself to endure”
