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Quote #7
Blushing, panting, struggling, chiding, laughing, her warm breath fanning each of their faces by turns, she strove to disengage herself, yet still remained in their triple embrace. Never was there a livelier picture of youthful rivalship, with bewitching beauty for the prize. Yet, by a strange deception, owing to the duskiness of the chamber, and the antique dresses which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, gray, withered grandsires, ridiculously contending for the skinny ugliness of a shriveled grandam. (41)
Does this tell us anything about the nature of the guests' transformation? Or does it leave us in the dark as to what's really happening here? Does it simplify, or further complicate, our reading of the narrative?
Quote #8
His guests shivered again. A strange chillness, whether of the body or spirit they could not tell, was creeping gradually over them all. (48)
This line raises an interesting question: what is the difference between a transformation of the body and a transformation of the spirit? How does the story comment on this divide?