The Bloody Chamber Flashcards

1
Q

taken to the opera

A

for a birthday treat

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2
Q

i shuddered like

A

a racehorse before a race

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3
Q

in my innocence he saw

A

a rare talent for corruption

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4
Q

that magic place

A

the fairy castle who’s walls were made of foam

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5
Q

he in his london tailoring

A

she bare as a lamb chop

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6
Q

a connoisseur

A

inspecting horseflesh

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7
Q

ceased to be her child

A

in becoming his wife

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8
Q

bridal

A

triumph

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9
Q

away from

A

girlhood

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10
Q

the pounding of my heart

A

mimicking that of the great pistons ceaselessly thrusting

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11
Q

dark, leonine

A

shape of his head

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12
Q

opulent male scent

A

of leather

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13
Q

at home neither

A

on the land or on the water

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14
Q

like one of those cobra headed

A

funereal lilies

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15
Q

the lilies i associate with him

A

that are white. and stain you.

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16
Q

bloody bandage

A

of rubies

17
Q

an extraordinarily precious

A

slit throught

18
Q

links

A
The company of wolves (they oppose eachother, the heroine is weak in BC but strong in CofW)
Erl King (obscure like marquis, liminal, references to eyes)
19
Q

i seemed reborn

A

in his unreflective eyes

20
Q

the heavy hangings on the wall

A

muffled my footsteps, even my breathing

21
Q

in his

A

subterranean privacy

22
Q

the

name for torture weapon

A

iron maiden

23
Q

the walls of this stark torture chamber chamber

A

were the naked rock, they gleamed as if they were sweating with fright

24
Q

a dozen men

A

impaled a dozen wives

25
Q

no i was not afraid of him;

A

but of myself

26
Q

i seemed reborn in

A

his unreflective eyes

27
Q

(Marquis’ eyes) have an absolute

A

absence of light

28
Q

in a cold

A

ecstasy to know the very worst