The Bloody Chamber Flashcards
taken to the opera
for a birthday treat
i shuddered like
a racehorse before a race
in my innocence he saw
a rare talent for corruption
that magic place
the fairy castle who’s walls were made of foam
he in his london tailoring
she bare as a lamb chop
a connoisseur
inspecting horseflesh
ceased to be her child
in becoming his wife
bridal
triumph
away from
girlhood
the pounding of my heart
mimicking that of the great pistons ceaselessly thrusting
dark, leonine
shape of his head
opulent male scent
of leather
at home neither
on the land or on the water
like one of those cobra headed
funereal lilies
the lilies i associate with him
that are white. and stain you.
bloody bandage
of rubies
an extraordinarily precious
slit throught
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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)
i seemed reborn
in his unreflective eyes
the heavy hangings on the wall
muffled my footsteps, even my breathing
in his
subterranean privacy
the
name for torture weapon
iron maiden
the walls of this stark torture chamber chamber
were the naked rock, they gleamed as if they were sweating with fright
a dozen men
impaled a dozen wives
no i was not afraid of him;
but of myself
i seemed reborn in
his unreflective eyes
(Marquis’ eyes) have an absolute
absence of light
in a cold
ecstasy to know the very worst
