I find the depiction of Passion in this story to be interesting. With Passion being a baby it presents this attribute in a state where people nurture their passions and try to take them forward in life. Reason, meanwhile, tried to disuade the woman in this story from taking the baby with her. With this in mind, it is almost as if the passage hints that true freedom is devoid of holding onto whatever passions you wish to take with you. Life will carry passion on its natural course, and you will encounter it when the time is right.

I find it interesting how she is so opposed to the writings of Mr. Poynter, to the point of considering it sinful. While later on she finds reason to be satisfied with the offer, it almost feels like a switch in her personality went off. Here, in this moment, she expresses such emotion that she would potentially damage the item that was worth so much money in the first place. Meanwhile, she considers the investment to be a waste. It probably isn't a good idea to damage the book. And on top of that the fact that the aunt is using words such as 'sinful' after getting out of church caught my attention.

This paragraph was interesting to me as I went through the text because of the fact that it provides a vivid description for Lady Cambee. One of the key elements in the story is that the main character sees something through the library window that reminds her of what her father had done. However, despite their wisdom, these elderly people are unable to see the things that she sees. I find that her appearance is very extravagant, bloated, and if we were to judge the character on this description alone it would almost feel like she has some attraction to these superficial items that reminisce on her ideal model of beauty.

I find this line interesting due to the implications that it carries in determining the relationship between Anna and Edith. Anna was raised in the countryside and was a person who, as indicated by the elements of the story leading to this point, could not write properly. This is the beginning of what could be understood as the breaking down of the facade maintained by the two women. I also find it to be a kind of reversal of the roles the two women shared since Edith served Anna and yet in this moment she is described as someone who could arguably be considered subservient.

When I was reading this story the choice of words in these couple of lines caught my attention. The first phrase that I was curious about was the use of 'the thrill' the main character felt when they saw that there was some man at the mouth of the tunnel. Was it because of the fact that he thought it was his acquaintance? Or was it because he knew that this man was someone else and he experienced some thrill from it? Perhaps 'thrill' had a different connotation then it does today.

Then the next bit to talk about is the 'nameless horror' that oppressed the main character. What I would draw from this set of lines is that he had some horror at first but he was relieved at the sight of the other men that were present at the scene, but at the same time I'm not certain if that would justify the use of 'nameless horror'.

I find the interactions between Benjamin and the rest of his family to be interesting. As Benjamin grew up and eventually went on this trip to London you could see that there is a divide of sorts that forms between the two parties. There are several factors involved in this, but when he does return for a brief period of time to visit the rest of his family everybody seems to take different approaches to handling him. His father, who seemed to be the least emotional of the family, kept from getting too close to him and considered him like a young man. His mother, on the other hand, remained the more emotional of the two and has several characteristics that are tied to her actions. She keeps herself tremblingly busy, she attempts to limit her thoughts of him, and she overall displays affection to him. With the previous paragraph in mind it makes me wonder why the father was so intent on 'keeping it in' and not going through a similar experience as his wife.

This choice of words was intriguing to me when I first read it. Considering the fact that the Pre-Raphaelites held onto the belief that certain senses were especially significant, it would seem that their intention was to display this relation through the art that they created. Now I would like to draw some attention to the two illustrations to the side of this text. The two art pieces presented are interesting considering that the first one is devoid of color while the second has different colors to 'fill in the blanks'. I do think that when it comes to black and white pictures our mind is able to compensate for the lack of color through our imagination of what would take its place. This shows some degree of power that comes with our sight.