Descriptions/Criticisms of the brothers Flashcards
(11 cards)
Keats uses Romantic metaphors to express the brother’s evilness. It could also be an expression of Isabella’s and Lorenzo’s love
“know there is ____ juice in ____-flowers”
“know there is richest juice in poison-flowers”
These quotes conveys the brother’s laziness, and how their wealth is purely from inheritance - the last quote, Keats uses harsh sounding words to create a semantic field of pain
“____ by ancestral ______”
“half _____ they turned an ____ wheel”
“pinch and ____”
“Enriched by ancestral merchandise”
“Half ignorant they turned an easy wheel”
“pinch and peel”
It expresses the exploitation of workers, and the poor conditions they are forced to work in. This only reinforces the brother’s evil, turning readers against them
“for them many a ____ hand did swelt in _____ mines and _____ factories”
“once proud-_____ loins did ____ in blood from _____ whip”
“for them many a weary hand did swelt in torched mines and noisy factories”
“once proud-quivered loins did melt in blood from stinging whip”
Greek references are made to express the brother’s menacing nature, conveying them as cut-throat - Keats is also well renowned for his fondness of the Greeks
“the _____ diver held his ____, and went all ____ to the _____ shark”
“the Ceylon diver held his breath, and went all naked to the hungry shark”
Animals to express the cut-throat nature of the brothers
“____ shark”
“the ____ on the cold ice with ____ bark lay full of ____”
“_____’s whine”
“hungry shark”
“the seal on the cold ice with piteous bark lay full of darts”
“serpent’s whine”
The narrative voice comes into play, asking questions in repetition. Foreshadowing also occurs, referencing Lorenzo’s death
“Why were they ____?”
“Why in the name of _____ were they ____?”
“because ___-lined accounts were ____ than the ____ of _____ years?”
“Why were they proud?”
“Why in the name of Glory were they proud?”
“because red-lined accounts were richer than the songs of Grecian years?”
Keats personifies something to express the brother’s mercilessness
“cut ____ with a ____ knife to the ____”
“cut Mercy with a sharp knife to the bone”
This biblical image further shows the brother’s twisted nature
“_____’s whine”
“serpents’ whine”
Keats portrays the brothers as capitalist-driven villains
“each _____ by his being a _____”
“each richer by his being a murderer”
Keats enforces the brothers as tragic villains through their further acts to disrupt Isabella’s life
“Yet they ____ to ____ the basil pot”
“Yet they contrived to steal the basil pot”
The brother’s punishment of exile is arguably invalid - Keats is commenting on the unfair standards of society
“_____ they went, with _____ on their heads, to ______”
“Away they went, with blood on their heads, to banishment”
