The White Stocking
Lawrence uses figurative language, diction, and style to convey the theme of separation.
Figurative Language and Texture
- “seemed to swim away out of contact with the room, into him”
- “like an atmosphere, like under sea, with a flow of ghostly, dumb, movements, yet not her own movements”
- “she stood with him in the middle of the room as if she were alone in a remote place”
- “The fusion point was coming when she would fuse down into perfect unconsciousness at his feet and knees…and his warmth seemed to come closer into her, nearer, till it would fuse right through her, and she would be as liquid to him, as an intoxication only”
INTOXICATION
OBLIVIOUS, CONCENTRATED
SWIM
DENSER
IMPERSONALITY
STYLE AND STRUCTURE
- “It seemed she was connected with him, as if the movements of his body and limbs were her own movements, yet not her own movements”
- “She expected his lips on her bare shoulder, and waited. Yet they were not alone, they were not alone”
- "It was exquisite"..."It was cruel"
Context
Sam Adams and Elsie
Dancing at Sam's house
- The placement of the passage between the descriptions of her marriage to Ted provide a sharp contrast between her romance with Sam and her married life
Lust
Separation
Figurative language, diction, and style provide the passage with a more involved meaning that is used to contrast Elsie's marriage with the dance.
The White Stocking
By gatescarolinel
