Thursday, October 3, 2013
Group 3
For this reading, I am going to focus on the scene where the Baron is trying to cut off Belinda's lock. Each time the Baron attempts, Ariel tries to stop him by blowing her hair, or messing with her diamond earring. The book talks about how Ariel gains access to Belinda's brain, and there he learns what she is really thinking. "An earthly lover lurking in her heart. Amazed, confused, he found his power to be expired, resign to fate, and with a sigh retired" (1237). From the beginning of the story, the sylphs have done nothing but try to protect Belinda, and in this scene he learns that she actually wants to be violated, which is the opposite of what he's been trying to avoid. Because he is of no use, the lock is cut from Belinda. My question is, what do you think the significance is of the sylph jumping in between the shears? Why does the lock cause Belinda so much agony?
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Part of the humor of the story is that the real life Belinda was also outraged by the Baron's actions. Also again the anti-epic takes something rather meaningless and blows it up to epic proportions so of course she is outraged. I like your observations in this post Emily, but it is still a little short. You are about 40 words short of the requirement. Might I suggest discussing your quote at greater length? What is the significance of Belinda wanting to be violated and Ariel essentially giving up on her? You have really good ideas, just keep developing them!
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