Death Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
voice of death, the knight appears to be in a purgatorial state
A
‘I see a lily on thy brow’
2
Q
circular motif indicates a cycle of entrapment mirroring purgatory
A
‘garland’ ‘bracelets’
3
Q
when he falls into a dream it again returns to the inevitability of death
A
on the cold hill’s side
4
Q
premonition of his future, fated Jodie, sense of nobility lost, tragic fall from grace
A
‘pale warriors, death pale’
5
Q
moment of anagnorisis realising his fate is set, too late to act on, enhances the sense of tragedy
A
‘they cried ‘la belle dame sans merci’
6
Q
moment of horror seeing a vision of what his own future will eventually materialise as
A
‘starved lips’
‘horrid warning’
