Trio Flashcards
“Coming up Buchanan street”
Sets scene
“Trio”
Reminds us off holy trinity, three wise men
“quickly”
Describes how the trio are moving to keep warm
“A very young baby”
Needs protection, echoes of baby Jesus
“outside carries a Chihuahua”
Fragility and protection
“Laughing”
Shows this is a happy scene
“Their breath rises in a cloud of happiness”
Literally their breath forms a cloud but metaphorically the cloud shows the bond and friendship between them
“Wait till he sees this but”
Glaswegian dialect
“tiny Royal Stewart tartan coat like a teapot-holder”
Incredibly Scottish, the simile is frankly ridiculous
“baby”
Links to Jesus
“white”
innocence and purity
“Bright eyes”
The baby is excited by the outside world and cute
“Favours in a fresh sweet cake”
Reminds us of wedding cakes which then relates to purity. Also the cake is shared to mark a new point in their lives
“swells out”
Suggests pride
“milky”
Natural, maternal
“silver
The guitar is precious because of the happiness it brings
“mistletoe”
Reminds us of love
“Orphean sprig! Melting Baby! Warm Chihuahua!”
The use of exclamation marks suggest that Morgan is shouting with joy and optimism
“The vale of tears is powerless before you”
Suggest the three things are powerful enough to stop all evil
“Whether Christ is born, or is not born,”
Shows Morgan is undecided in whether he should believe in God
“it abdicates, under the Christmas light”
Abdicates refers to royalty giving up power. In this case it means fate giving up its power to these three people and objects
“Monsters of the year go blank, are scattered back, can’t bear this march of three”
These three people are magical and will defeat all evil. March refers to an army or a musical band, all in sync
“vanished”
disappears forever however their happiness still lives within
“the life of men and beasts, and music”
Baby, dog, guitar
“laughter ringing them round like a guard”
These three also protect
Themes?
Love human life, it’s special and sacred, with or without religion
