{"id":2289,"date":"2023-09-15T08:43:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2023-09-15T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:59:32","slug":"lady-audleys-camouflage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/2023\/09\/15\/lady-audleys-camouflage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Audley’s Camouflage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The repeated use of grey on page 216 suggests a faded, weathered, oldness to Lady Audley\u2019s surroundings. One may expect Lady Audley to seem out of place in this situation as throughout the book, she is described as young, pretty, and bright, as well as being said \u201calways to be light-hearted, happy, and contented under any circumstances\u201d (Braddon 11). Her main characteristics throughout the novel appear unfit for the somber scene in which Richard finds her, yet her face \u201chad worn an anxious earnestness which made it only more beautiful\u201d (Braddon 216). Lady Audley possesses an ability to constantly adapt to seem picturesque and perfectly suited for any occasion. I believe she has honed this ability in order to cover up her heinous deeds with a mask of beauty that has allowed her to hide in plain sight. She is described as \u201ca model for a medi\u00e6val saint\u201d in a \u201cgrey old cathedral, unchanged by Reformation\u201d (Braddon 216). Her hair is a \u201chaze\u201d of \u201cgold\u201d (Braddon 216). She wears a \u201csoft\u201d gown \u201cfalling…to her feet\u201d and her waist is \u201cclasped\u201d by \u201ca narrow circlet\u201d (Braddon 216.) All these details serve to make her seem delicate, holy, demure, and angelic. The softness of her appearance is a marked contrast to the brutality of what Robert\u00a0believes she has done.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Later, on page 216, Lady Audley\u2019s mask of deceit that she has been honing for months finally slips. Upon seeing Richard, her face \u201cfaded from its delicate brightness, and looked scared and wan in the lamplight\u201d (Braddon 216). I think that these lines reveal how much power and security\u00a0Lady Audley has lost. Since Lord Audley is ill and Robert suspects her of having to do with George\u2019s death, the walls are closing in on her. I believe she is starting to feel afraid.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The repeated use of grey on page 216 suggests a faded, weathered, oldness to Lady Audley\u2019s surroundings. One may expect Lady Audley to seem out of place in this situation as throughout the book, she is described as young, pretty, and bright, as well as being said \u201calways to be light-hearted, happy, and contented under … Continue reading Lady Audley’s Camouflage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2023-blog-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}