Isabella Flashcards
(14 cards)
“Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! Lorenzo a young Palmer in loves eye!”
Characterisation of the two protagonists as innocent and vulnerable
Alas! When passion is both meek and wild!
Typical romantic idea surrounding the plight of the misunderstood
“ Lisped tenderly Lorenzo “
Isabella making the first move vulnerability and purity of their love
“Love! Thou at leading me from wintry cold, lady thou leadest me to summer clime”
Metaphorical summer within the poem is reflective of the intensity which they love reaches“lusty flower in June’s caress“ “twin roses “
“Of some gold tinge and plays roundelay of death (1)
amongst the bushes and the leaves to make all bad (2)
before he dares to try to stray from his northern cavern (3)
so sweet Isabel by gradual decay from beauty fell”(4)
Semantic field of death used to introduce the idea of tragic fate linking through pathetic fallacy the inevitable death of plants life within autumn to the inevitable death of both lovers and their relationship
“For them, his ears gushed blood for them in death the seal on the cold ice”
Tragic villainy of the brothers
To some high knowable and his olive trees
Why were they proud
It’s eyes the wild were still all Dewey bright with love
Immortal nature and strength of our love, twin spirits, supernatural connection
“Demon mole “
Isabella is madness
“She forgot the stars the moon and son “
Intensity of Isabella’s grief
Piteous she looked on dead and senseless things asking for her lost basil amorously
Gothic, grief, madness, uncomfortable for the audience.
Those dainties made to still an infant cries
The illusion dainty which is a euphemistic term used for nipples, evokes highly maternal imagery. The use of made here highlights a level of inevitability also – that Isabella was created to be a mother. The fact that she cannot fulfil this, as she replaces a baby with a symbol of Lorenzo shows that she has given up on her female tasks and her destiny in order to be with him. She soothes his restless soul instead of a child.
Spring – comparative adjectives (tenderer deeper pleasanter)
Summer – blossoms twin roses hyacinths
The growing intensity than full bloom of their love in line with the seasons
“So sweet Isabel by gradual decay from beauty fell
Tragic fall – sibilance equals sweet nature of Isabel – a metaphor comparing is Isabella to a piece of fruit which continues this extended theme of inevitability her state of innocence before Lorenzo may be married by the growing fruit which is symbolically high in a tree perhaps reflective of the conventionally high position of the tragic protagonist before their beauty
