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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Haunted
Hi, guys. I'm reading Jeanette Winterson's "Art Objects" and some lines confuse me...
She wrote (describing a painting) "Here was a figure without a context, in its own context, a haunted woman in blue robes pulling a hugh moon face through a subterranean waterway." what is "a haunted woman" supposed to mean? does it mean that the the woman in the painting looks like being followed by ghosts or is being enveloped in mists or something else?
And immediately after that sentence, she wrote "what was I to do, standing hesitant, my heart flooded away?" what does "my heart flooded away" mean? Does it mean that her mind was brought to somewhere else like she lost her mind in the painting?
Looking forward to your replies!
She wrote (describing a painting) "Here was a figure without a context, in its own context, a haunted woman in blue robes pulling a hugh moon face through a subterranean waterway." what is "a haunted woman" supposed to mean? does it mean that the the woman in the painting looks like being followed by ghosts or is being enveloped in mists or something else?
And immediately after that sentence, she wrote "what was I to do, standing hesitant, my heart flooded away?" what does "my heart flooded away" mean? Does it mean that her mind was brought to somewhere else like she lost her mind in the painting?
Looking forward to your replies!
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I do not think it is a literal haunting. My reading of the sentence is that it describes a woman who is haunted by the past. eg.
- I do not think it is a literal haunting.
- My reading of the sentence is that it describes a woman who is haunted by the past.
- eg.
- The woman has experienced a trauma in the past which still affects her emotionally.
- You can see in her eyes that she has never forgotten.
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I do not think it is a literal haunting. My reading of the sentence is that it describes a woman who is haunted by the past.
eg. The woman has experienced a trauma in the past which still affects her emotionally. You can see in her eyes that she has never forgotten.
I think 'heart flooding away' refers to being overcome by emotion and unable to think.
eg. The woman has experienced a trauma in the past which still affects her emotionally. You can see in her eyes that she has never forgotten.
I think 'heart flooding away' refers to being overcome by emotion and unable to think.
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