The Erl-King Flashcards
1
Q
Images of light and nature being contrasted as images of entrapment?
A
“The vertical bars of light”
2
Q
Personification of the woods
A
“Once you are inside it you must stay there until it lets you out again”
3
Q
What shows that the protagonist is complicit in her endangerment?
A
“Erl-king will do you grievous harm”
4
Q
Personification of the woods, symbolising entrapment
A
“The wood swallows you up”
5
Q
What does Harriet Linkin say about the protagonist?
A
She is “a highly sophisticated consciousness”
