The Erl King Flashcards

1
Q

he is an excellent

A

housewife

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2
Q

these vertical bars of a

A

brass-coloured distillation of light

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3
Q

you step

A

there was

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4
Q

the perfect transparency

A

is impenetrable

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5
Q

erl king will

A

do you grievous harm

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6
Q

you sink your teeth

A

in to my throat

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7
Q

white, monstrous teeth

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with spittle gleaming on them

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8
Q

he showed me

A

he told me

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9
Q

it is only because he is kind to me

A

that i do not still fall further

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10
Q

the trees stir with

A

a noise like taffeta skirts

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11
Q

the stark elders

A

have an anorexic look

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12
Q

eyes as green as apples

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as green as dead sea fruit

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13
Q

if i look in to it long enough

A

i will become as small as my own reflection

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14
Q

your green eye is

A

a reducing chamber

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15
Q

some eyes can

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eat you

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16
Q

mother, mother

A

you have murdered me

17
Q

tender

A

butcher

18
Q

his touch consoles and

A

devastates me

19
Q

links/themes

A

Bloody Chamber
The lady of the house of love (blurred gender lines/ lines between character and their home, both loure in victims and use sex as a weapon, theme of entrapment)