ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture : History of English Literature-Feb.14 "Goblin Market" & "In An Artist's Studio"
7 Mar 2012
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Juxtaposition of the glorious art and the anguish, physical and emotional. In part, about her brother dante gabriel"s model and lover lizzie siddal. Last line dream = off rhyme draws attention to the fantasy world. Sestet: the painter comes in about the people. Nameless girl" stunners not about who she is but what she looks like: the commodification of a physical look. The mirror gave back all her loveliness" what does it keep: all about keeping hidden, secret aspects. Last two lines: classical rhetorical trope anaphora. Not as she is" : creates contrast between his fantasy and her reality, repetition outlines the artists obsessive dream. What is she saying about the male gaze and the pre-raphaelite dream: objectification, idealizing, reductive, closedness to women"s experiences. A literary ballad imitating true ballad, Ostensible message; don"t listen to strange men, trust your sister. Sexual experience and the dangers of sexual experience delicious temptation particularly for those who have not experienced it.
