{"id":631,"date":"2017-09-13T14:28:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T18:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/?p=631"},"modified":"2017-12-06T09:40:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:40:55","slug":"twinning-lady-audley-phoebes-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/2017\/09\/13\/twinning-lady-audley-phoebes-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"#twinning: Lady Audley & Phoebe’s Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe likeness which the lady’s-maid bore to Lucy Audley was, perhaps, a point of sympathy between the two women. It was not to be called a striking likeness; a stranger might have seen them both together, and yet have failed to remark it. But there were certain dim and shadowy lights in which, meeting Ph\u0153be Marks gliding softly through the dark oak passages of the Court, or under the shrouded avenues in the garden, you might have easily mistaken her for my lady.\u201d (Braddon 108)<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lady Audley and Phoebe bare slight resemblance to each other and can be mistaken for one another in the dark. \u00a0Both blonde women come from similar financial backgrounds, but one is now higher in society than the other. \u00a0Phoebe is more than just Lady Audley\u2019s maid; Phoebe is Lady Audley\u2019s go-to for gossiping, reading and discussing books, and completing the Lady\u2019s mysterious tasks. \u00a0The association of dimmed lighting, shadows, and darkness with Lady Audley and Phoebe\u2019s relationship infers the type of mysterious relationship the two share. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I believe that sometimes Phoebe may pretend to be Lady Audley in the dark hours while Lady Audley is away doing other things. \u00a0Lady Audley asks Phoebe, \u201cDo you know, Phoebe, I have heard some people say you and I look alike?\u201d (Braddon 60). \u00a0Lady Audley claims Phoebe to be a paler, less colorful version of herself and that with a \u201cpot of rogue,\u201d Phoebe could \u201cbe as good-looking\u201d as Lady Audley \u201cany day\u201d (Braddon 60). \u00a0During the day, Lady Audley is colorful; but, in the night, dark and pale imagery describes Lady Audley\u2019s face and surroundings. \u00a0Sir Michael recalls looking at Lucy the previous night and seeing her \u201cpoor white face and the purple rims round your (Lady Audley\u2019s) hollow eyes. \u00a0I (Sir Michael) has almost a difficult to recognize my little wife in that ghastly, terrified agonised-looking creature\u201d (Braddon 78). \u00a0With following day, the sun returned Lucy\u2019s \u201crosy cheeks and bright smile\u201d (Braddon 78). \u00a0Does nighttime turn Lady Audley into a ghostly figure or is it possible that it was Phoebe in Lady Audley\u2019s bed?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Language within this passage displays the deceit that lives in \u201cthe two women(\u2018s)\u201d relationship (Braddon 108). \u00a0The illusion to dark imagery using phrases such as \u201cdim and shadowy,\u201d \u201cshrouded avenues,\u201d \u201cdark oak passages,\u201d and \u201cmistaken\u201d reveal the evil, fear, and mystery that lies within Lady Audley and Phoebe\u2019s relationship (Braddon 108-09). \u00a0Lady Audley\u2019s interest in retaining a relationship with her ghostly twin rests within the mischievous events that have happened at Audley Court. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe likeness which the lady’s-maid bore to Lucy Audley was, perhaps, a point of sympathy between the two women. It was not to be called a striking likeness; a stranger might have seen them both together, and yet have failed to remark it. But there were certain dim and shadowy lights in which, meeting Ph\u0153be … Continue reading #twinning: Lady Audley & Phoebe’s Relationship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3618,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123801],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-blog-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631","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\/3618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}