Hutchinson as she entered the prison-door, we shall not take upon us to determine. Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader. It (the antecedent is rose”) may serve, let “The us hope, to symbolise some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow. ESTABLISHES CONCEPTS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD Emphasizes nature : rose is good and natural; rose of civilized “black society” is bad and manmade. Long Ago: setting is around 1650; novel was published in 1850 Optimistic: last sentence of the chapter; sense of hope Mystery: wild rose bush and how it got there; Anne Hutchison’s footstep Emotions: garments” “sad-colored
Hutchinson as she entered the prison-door, we shall not take upon us to determine. Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader. It (the antecedent is “The rose”) may serve, let us hope, to symbolise some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow. ESTABLISHES CONCEPTS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD Emphasizes nature : rose is good and natural; “black rose of civilized society” is bad and manmade. Long Ago: setting is around 1650; novel was published in 1850 Optimistic: last sentence of the chapter; sense of hope Mystery: wild rose bush and how it got there; Anne Hutchison’s footstep Emotions: “sad-colored garments”
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