ENGL 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Chapter 27, Physical Attractiveness
14 Sep 2016
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Emily is suspect to aunt elizabeth because product of juliet and douglas- always looking to see if juliet"s traits will surface in emily. Resemblances to her mother- her smile is only visible similar trait. Emily is called pussy as term of endearment by cousin jimmy- Montgomery sneaks in sexuality references covered as endearment. Smile ties emily to her mother"s difference from murrays- mother was a half sibling, she wasn"t fully a murray. Smile is seductive- reveals her seductiveness, elizabeth sees as her job to stamp out or control. Emily is forced to wear a bonnet and an apron with sleeves- no one wears aprons with sleeves, she"s forced to. Emily is dressed like a little child even though she"s almost a teen- Elizabeth"s hope that she won"t go same way as juliet. Emily not allowed to stay in juliet"s old room (locked up chamber at new. Juliet- idealized lost mother figure replaced by series of wicked mother figures.
