Built at the edge of an enormous island, the Kingdom of Veritas was a pure display of wonder and glory matched by the backdrop of clear blue skies and a sun that always shined brightly during the day without ever letting a single cloud conceal it. Even when it rained or snowed in the winter, the snowflakes melted in one's mouth and the rain felt cool and soothing. Lovely buildings both high and low decorated the inside of the city along with several markets selling all kinds of foods, clothes, and jewelry. Stones were what most of the buildings in this city were made of. Wood was not used when building homes for fear of an accidental fire starting and consuming the city in a matter of minutes. Children played and laughed together while their …show more content…
Clear light blue eyes, set deep within their sockets, glinted with depression as they narrowed and their owner bit her lower lip nervously. Fair skin only served to add to her beauty and was soft to the touch, but far from weak or easily capable of bruising. This was the face of Rosella D'Ambra, Princess and future Queen of Veritas. She stood graciously in public, but in private it was a completely different story. The stunning teenage princess was clad in an elegant pink dress that flew from top to bottom and had a jewel neckline, lightly revealing the refined dress worn below it. The flowing, loosely tied fabric of the dress covered her stomach where the continuous flow was broken up by a simple rope belt worn fairly high around her waist. Below the rope belt the dress opened up left and right and revealed the blue dress below. The front of the top dress easily reached the ground in the front, the back continuing to flow a short length behind her and ending in a broad curve. Her sleeves were long and narrow, their flow broken up below the elbow where they changed color and were divided by wide, elegant bands, the same fabric and color used to outline the edges of the …show more content…
But nonetheless, multiple suitors vying for her hand in marriages were constantly trying to gain her affections or the approval of her father to wed, but never gained it. Her father, King Ross D'Ambra of Veritas made it clear to every suitor in the kingdom that his daughter was allowed to choose her own husband when she became Queen, and that he had no plans of arranging any unwanted marriages for her with any of them unless she wished for it. Her parents had married for love, and they were determined that she do the same one day when she was old enough. There was only one problem with that: Rosella D'Ambra did not want to be Queen of Veritas. The mere thought of taking her father's place one day as ruler of Veritas filled her with dread. How could she possibly be a good queen? Her father was an excellent king, and her mother, Alva Maag D'Ambra, was a wonderful queen. Rosella's respect and love for her parents knew no bounds, but she always thought them foolish whenever they told her about what a good queen she would make in a few
She cares for her children by teaching and supporting them to follow their dreams. *A be* a faithful wife to her husband Troy. Rose wants
Her face is smooth, calculated, and precision-made, like an expensive baby doll, skin like flesh- colored enamel, blend of white and cream and baby-blue eyes, small nose, pink little nostrils-everything working together except the color on her lips and fingernails, and the size of her bosom.
Next, consider the text trying to express her frustration with life: “She wants to live for once. But doesn’t quite know what that means. Wonders if she has ever done it. If she ever will.” (1130) You can sense her need and wanting to be independent of everything and everyone, to be truly a woman on her own free of any shackles of burden that this life has thrown upon her. Also, there is an impression that her family does not really care that she is leaving from her sisters to her disinterested father. “Roselily”, the name is quite perplexing considering a rose stands for passion, love, life; while the lily has associations with death, and purity. Still at the same time the name aptly applies to her because the reader knows she is ultimately doomed to wilt away in a loveless marriage in Chicago. Even though she is convincing herself that she loves things about him it is all just a ploy to trick herself into believing that this marriage could be the answer to all her problems. Now on to the men of Roselily’s past most of which are dead- beat dads that could not care about what happens to their children, or where they go.
Amara groaned at the sound of an overly cheerful voice, in which had disturbed her beauty sleep. Sun rays shined against her skin as someone pulled open the blinds. Her blue hues fluttered open, revealing the excited brunette girl,
Similar to “Lanval”, Rose writes the story from Vivienne’s perspective who portrays Guinevere’s handmaiden instead of Guinevere herself. Throughout the tale, Vivienne describes the queen to be close to a mother figure because Guinevere goes out of her way to ensure Vivienne is dressed nicely by suggesting she wear, “Something daring to her wedding” because Guinevere wants Vivienne to look beautiful in addition to the queen for wanting the best for her (Rose 26). Quickly pointing out why Guinevere acts the way she does and how that intertwines with the story through her backstory, Kathryn Rose introduces Guinevere’s history explaining that she was on trial for the disappearance of her whole kingdom because she was the only person left alive. Furthermore, she analyzes her situation dreams of what could have been while maintaining a smile, “Solely for appearances” because Camelot does not provide her with peace or joy, and she wants to appear strong instead of weak (Rose 6). Rose keeps one main similar theme that connects all of the Guinevere tales together, which is Guinevere cheating on Arthur. Until Vivienne discovers her with Lancelot and reveals
As the ceremony goes on it seems like her whole life must be flashing before her eyes. She starts to think about a fourth son that she had, but that she let the father keep him since he was pretty well off money and education wise. She goes on to say he couldn’t live with “Roselily”, which brought me to the conclusion that maybe her name is Roselily. Which of course brings light to the picture because everything her name stood for she wasn’t, except for the fact that she was trying to be righteous in getting married and making a new life for her other three children.
“: You hungry, Gabe? I was just fixing to cook Troy his breakfast,” (Wilson, 14). Rose understands her role in society as a woman. Rose also have another special talent as a woman, that many don’t have which is being powerful. Rose understands that some things she can’t change so she just maneuver herself to where she is comfortable so she won’t have to change her lifestyle. Many women today do not know how to be strong sp they just move on or stay in a place where they are stuck and unable to live their own life. “: I done tried to be everything a wife should be. Everything a wife could be. Been married eighteen years and I got to live to see the day you tell me you been seeing another woman and done fathered a child by her,”(Wilson, 33). The author wants us to understand the many things women at the time had to deal with whether it was racial or it was personal issues. Rose portrays the powerful women who won’t just stand for the
by the light. Her dress swung as she moved her body, and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side (Joyce J,
Rose’s loyalty to her family showed a load amount of strength in character. Even though she was not the mother of the child, who would eventually be named Raynell, she still stepped up to the task, even if it was against what she wanted in life. In the play Fences it states, “Okay Troy.. you’re right. I’ll take care of your baby for
Violet’s mother, who Violet struggles to have a relationship with, accepts Rose’s illness first and approaches it matter-of-factly. Though Violet hints that her mother difficult woman by stating that she is “widely regarded as eccentric” (22) and that they have a strained relationship by looking to Rose as her ”guide to…my mother’s moods” (22), the woman that emerges by the end of the story is strong, sensitive, and intensely devoted to her children. Violet starts showing that sensitive side of her mother when Rose is first taken away, by reassuring Violet that while “Some people go crazy…You never will” (22). She shows the devoted side by telling of her mother’s refusal to accept anything but the best care for her daughter when they came to a place that “had no pictures on the walls, no windows, and the patients all wore slippers with the hospital crest on them” and she “didn’t even bother to go to Admissions,” but “turned Rose around and the two of them marched out” (22). Her mother’s strength is shown fully at the end of the story as she watches her daughters in the early morning, one dying and the other letting her go, when she gathers her remaining daughter into a hug and states “I raised warrior queens” (27). While Violet’s mother appears to undergo changes throughout the story, her father starts and ends the same
Evidently, Rose is submissive, powerful, caring and very nurturing. This is how women were anticipated to be in this era. Although Rose is submissive at the beginning of the play, she becomes a powerful woman at the end. Rose proves this when she decides to raise Raynell and by becoming involved in the church.
She was determined to live a modeled life of St. Catherine and to intension her devotion to God. Rose began to fast, she cut off her hair, wore rough clothing, and rubbed her hands with toil to make them harsh. Rose did struggle with many disagreements from her family and her friends, but eventually they learned to accept Rose’s decision.
In the novel, Rose is somewhat defined by her role in the family. She is the family’s provider, her mother’s carer and a role model
The Creature That Opened My Eyes Sympathy, anger, hate, and empathy, these are just a few of the emotions that came over me while getting to know and trying to understand the creature created by victor frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. For the first time I became completely enthralled in a novel and learned to appreciate literature not only for the great stories they tell but also for the affect it could have on someones life as cliché as that might sound, if that weren’t enough it also gave me a greater appreciation and understanding of the idiom “never judge a book by its cover.” As a pimply faced, insecure, loner, and at most times self absorbed sophomore in high school I was never one to put anytime or focus when it came time
Fragments of glass reflect pieces of her. Lily-white skin. Primped, hanging curls the color of corn. A button nose. Cherry ribbon lips. Opaque forget-me-not blue eyes. The dark pupils dilate and swivel, dilate and swivel, but her eyes are sightless. She sees, but she does not.