La Belle Dame

Question 1

Knight-at arms

Answer 1

Tragic hero, high status, sets up fall from magnitude

Question 2

And on thy cheeks a fading rose fast withered too”

Answer 2

Death of the knight, “fading rose” colour from his face

Question 3

I met a lady in the means, full beautiful -a faerys child

Answer 3

Introduction to the turning point in the knights life, shows beginning of his down fall, intro of superhuman elements

Question 4

And nothing else saw all day long

Answer 4

Knights obsession causes blindness and naivety, the knights hamartia, also could be down to enchantments of la belle

Question 5

And there she wept and sighed full sore

Answer 5

Pathos for la belle, suggests she is a victim of her own fate, tragic victim?

Question 6

And there I shut her wild eyes with kisses four

Answer 6

Woman is innocent and young, knight wants to control her, possibly positioned as tragic villain

Question 7

I saw pale kinds and princes too

Answer 7

Supernatural warning, realisation of the knights mistakes