ENG214H5 Lecture Notes - Bullfighting, Ernest Hemingway
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American married couples in europe: mr. and mrs. elliot, cat in the rain, out of season. Site of longing as she is looking out of the window longing for the kitten. Longing is sympathetic or ridiculous terms: she is looking out of the window at the war monument but she is looking and thinking of the cat. Double image: reflection in the hand mirror in the larger mirror, self-reflection of herself, doubling reflection leaves her just on the surface looking at her profile and at, public and private personae her haircut. Fantasy of domesticity: site of self-actualization for the woman, she wants long hair to brush out, she wants a kitty to stroke, he doesn"t have patience for her frivolous concerns. Focus on the italian: he wants a new life. Chapter xii rare success at bull fighting unanticipated moment of triumph and glory.
