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What does the jonquil flowers say about amanda

 

marlene b #255487
Jun 11, 2012 12:30 AM

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Aslan
Jun 11, 2012 12:36 AM

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This scene also features Amanda's second famous speech, about the jonquils. Like her first story about the 17 gentlemen callers, this story also ends when Amanda meets her husband, making her marriage the symbolic end of her life. The imagery of the jonquils is beautiful but also telling – another name for the jonquil is the narcissus, derived from the Greek youth who fell in love with his own reflection (think narcissist). Ultimately, Amanda sinks under the weight of her own self-image.

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