porphyrias lover Flashcards
the rain set in early tonight..
the sullen wind was soon awake
pathetic fallacy/ foreboding
‘tore the elm tops down for spite…
and did its worse to vex the lake’
jealousy?
violent imagery/ nature
personification of weather
‘she shut the cold out and the storm,
and kneeled and made the cheerless grate blaze up and all the cottage warm’
changes dynamic of room
fills room with her warm/ happy nature
untied her hat..
and let the damp hair fall’
first mention of her hair
when no voice replied
she put my arm about her waist
he ignores her so she physically moves him in a flirtacious manner
made her smooth white shoulder bare
flirty
sexual imagery
confidence
unlike women of the time
murmuring how she loved me
past tense
he doesnt think she loved him?
shes already dead to him?
and give herself to me forever
usually referring to marriage
connotes to death
sense of control
he wants power
porphyria worshipped me
god complex
he has full control now that she’s dead
that moment she was mine, mine, fair
possessive
his decision is final
wants to savour that good moment forever
a thing to do
referring to murder
emotionally detached
emotionless
disconnect from his actions
in one long yellow string i wound
three times her little throat around’
-blunt and methodical
-making sure shes dead
- account of his actions
no pain felt she…
I am quite sure she felt no pain’
-debating it/ convincing himself
-repetition
-delusional
- remorse?
blushed bright beneath my burning kiss
oxymoron
kissing dead body
reversal of power
I propper her head up as before
only this time my shoulder bare
- mirrors when she did that to him
