45 Matching Annotations
  1. Aug 2021
    1. you old sinner,

      male rescuer

    2. appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud

      reminiscent of male figures after sexual desires fulfilled

    3. plump mouthful

      creepy, sexually suggestive

    4. tender young

      language choices sound creepy to contemporary audience

    1. Who does not see Most dangerous of Wolves indeed they be?

      but seemingly charming innocent ones are still really wolves.

    2. or Wolves too sure there are Of every sort, and every character

      stranger danger

    3. rowing misses fair, Whose orient rosy blooms begin t'appear

      begin growing up/going through puberty

    4. "Grand-mamma, what great arms you have got!"

      cardinal dialogue

    5. ate her up in a moment

      no hesitation to eat the gma

    6. faggot-makers

      bundles of sticks

    7. Gaffer Wolf

      where does Gaffer come from?

    8. prettiest creature was ever seen

      always emphasizing prettiness of girls

    9. disobey,

      dangers of disobedience

    10. grace of bearing

      what do you think this means?

    11. that rare quality call'd grace, Exceeds, by far, a handsome face;

      how do we define grace?

    12. They threw themselves at her feet, to beg pardon for all the ill treatment they had made her undergo. Cinderilla took them up, and as she embraced them, cried that she forgave them with all her heart, and desired them always to love her.

      she forgives them way too easily; forgiveness as a virtue

    13. Ah! dear Miss[86] Charlotte, do lend me your yellow suit of cloaths which you wear every day!"

      Cinderella is playing them, and the reader knows that, so they have an "inside joke" with her

    14. she shewed us a thousand civilities

      kindness as a virtue

    15. so intently was he busied in gazing on her

      The male gaze

    16. commanded her not to stay till after midnight,

      the "catch"

    17. be but a good girl

      what does it mean to be a "good girl"?

    18. a Fairy,

      fairy godmother rather than the birds

    19. t would make the people laugh to see a Cinder-breech at a ball.

      she would be an embarassment

    20. a hundred times handsomer than her sis

      putting young women in competition with one another

    21. ooking-glasses so large

      suggests vanity - not a virtue for a lady

    22. his wife governed him intirely

      she "wore the pants"

    23. the stepmother began to shew herself in her colours

      "show her true colors"

    24. proudest and most haughty woman

      language used to describe the stepmother

    1. her mother squeezed it in till the blood came

      physical abuse

    2. silly girl cut her big toe off

      sacrificial female body for male pleasure/desire - to obtain privilege and power

    3. slippers which were all of gold

      not glass - significant difference from more commonly known story

    4. fine large pear-tree; and Cinderella jumped up into it without being seen.

      hiding by trees and birds (helpers)

    5. jumped up into the pigeon-house and shut the door

      odd behavior - he waited on her and she was trapped

    6. hey did not know her

      disguises are common in fairy tales

    7. gold and silver dress

      Disney changed it to blue.

    8. you would only put us to shame

      how might this statement affect Cinderella's self-esteem?

    9. fair in face but foul at heart

      beautiful but mean - language choices of the time period

    10. basinful of peas into the ash heap, and if you have picked them all out in two hours' time you shall go to the feast too."

      seemingly impossible task - Cinderella calls upon magical birds to help her.

    11. good-for-nothing thing want in the parlor?" said they; and they took away her fine clothes, and gave her an old frock to put on, and laughed at her and turned her into the kitchen

      called her names, laughed at her, stole her clothes, and displaced her to the kitchen - significance of the kitchen and what might that do to Cinderella's self-esteem?

    12. Cinderella

      significance of her name - "cinder" dirty

    13. became a fine tree, and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her and watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for.

      what does her request tell us about her character? how does it compare to her stepsisters' requests?

    14. wife of a rich man

      Woman known only by her marital affiliation

    15. m heaven

      religion - Christianity relationship to child - mother still watching for good behavior from the grave

  2. Nov 2020
    1. Oscar Wilde

      Wilde wrote this while he was imprisoned for homosexuality.

    2. Gaol

      This is how British and Australians spell jail.