The Eve of St Agnes Flashcards
already ____ his ____ rung
- foreshadowing danger and death
- tragic victim
already had his deathbell rung
the ____ yearning ____ a ____ in pain
- simile, god in pain suggests evil, satanic
- music is a temptation
- everyone at the party influenced by evil
the music yearning like a God in pain
that he ____ gaze and ____ all ____
- porpherio seems obsessive, passionate in love
- reverential, honour and admire her
- dramatic entrance
that he might gaze and woship all unseen
chambers held ____ hordes….whose very ____ would ____ howl against his ____
- violent imagery
- setting seems dangerous
- he seems brave and noble
- animalistic description of enemy
chambers held barbarians hordes….whose very dogs would execrations howl against his lineage
the ____ creature ___
- angela the nurse
- appears weak and at end of days
- not a threat
- tragic victim
the aged creature came
a ____ man and ____ thou ___
- angela does not agree with his plan
- not who she thought he was
- evil, seen as enemy
a cruel man and impious thou art
i ____ not ____ her, by all ____ i swear
- uses religious imagery to prove point
- win back her favour
- reassuring him of his motives, morals
i will not harm her, by all saints i swear
my ____ voice shall ____ its last ____ if ____ of her ____ ringlets i ____
- uses religious imagery to prove point
- win back her favour
seem
my weak voice shall whisper its last prayer if one of her soft ringlets i displace
whatever he ____ wish, ____ her ____ or woe
- angela has become a pawn in his game
- supernatural with wish
whatever he shall wish, betide her weal or woe
the maiden’s ____, silken, ____, and ____
- personification, chamber reflects her
- pure, virgin, untouched etc
the maiden’s chamber, silken, hushed, and chaste
she ____ a splendid ____, newly ____, save wings for ____
- religious imagery
- metaphor, raised up as an angelic person
she seemed a splendid angel, newly dressed, save wings for Heaven
the ____ brought a ____ of candied ____, quince and ____ and gourd
- sweets, wealth and rich presents
- culture and high status of madeline
the closet brought a heap of candied apple, quince and plum and gourd
tis an ____- storm from ____ land
- setting is supernatural, evil, uncomfortable
- but they will be protected as no one is out in it
tis an elfin- storm from faery land
there ____ sleeping ____ all ____
- chivalrous, the knight is rescuing her
- people in the castle are in danger
there were sleeping dragons all around
they ____, like ____, into the ____ hall, like ____, to the iron ____
- repetition, getting more ghostly, less real
- becoming legendary already
- inhuman way to move, ghosts
they glide, like phantoms, into the wide hall, like phantoms, to the iron porch
