The Courtship Of Mr Lyon Quotes Flashcards
“Miss Lamb, spotless, sacrificial”
Depicts the vulnerability of women
Shows her purity with the symbol of a lamb
“One last, single, perfect rose”
Symbolic as the father takes it for her showing his love but also the power struggle between him and Mr Lyon having stolen something that belonged to him
Shows society favours the young
“Girl child”
Emphasises her youth and beauty
“The faded rag of a white rose”
Repetition of the rose motif- symbolises love, lost and the Lyons death
“Sense of obligation to an unusual degree”
Male & female dynamics & ownership - control of men over women
“Do not think she had no will of her own”
Feminist outlook - offers a different dimension to her mindset by suggesting she knew men & how to manipulate them & is playing the game
“I am the beast”
Intertextuality
Dominance and power over her
“Beauty”
Highly symbolic of women who are dominated by men
“Knocker in the shape of a lions head”
“Symbolic of a predator - nobility, power and dominance
“Leonine apparition”
Shows predatory nature
“Mr and Mrs Lyon walk in the garden; the old spaniel drowses on the grass, in a drift of fallen petals”
It ends happily ever after such as a fairytale would
The fallen petals symbolise that Mr Lyons facade has fallen
