"My dear one, my little love, my child, did it hurt her?" Mirrors in bedroom signify his power over her as she is unable to escape the fact she is no longer and innocent from any angle. (Gothic Themes: Excess/Sexuality/ Violence+Sex link) " a half weary appetite" "a dozen husbands empaled a dozen brides" (Gothic Themes: Corruption of Innocence/Religion/Sexuality/Allure of Evil) "c*** like a split fig" p**** curved like a scimitar" Implies over sexualisation and also the understanding of the girl shows an unexpected knowledge of such things and despite her portrayal of herself as innocent clearly shows she is not. Corruption= sexual desire and pleasure for the marquis His desire for her is entirely based around corrupting her as he only has woohoo with her after she has seen his collection of erotic fiction. "I was innocent but not naive." Implies his religion is pornography and that he is devoted to her corruption. (Gothic Themes: Corruption of innocence/ Transgression/ Marked live eve is marked with original sin= Religion) "has my little nun found the prayer books" white and she becomes stained by her own corruption and transgression. And stain you." Foreshadows her staining by the key and by her own transgression. "The lilies I always associate with him that are white.
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