The Day Of Velaris Valois

In addition to having a well defined chin, the Prioress held wide-set blue eyes, slender-arched brows and heart-shaped red lips that seemed to smiled from under the boldness of a button nose. What was once a crone had regressed in age. Therefore, mouth still open, Audette creased her brow instinctively as felt she was no longer the prettiest thing in the forest. Focusing her

Marie de France, supposed author of the series of Lais, recounts her stories through short texts, which are centered on women and their place in the 12th century. There are several supernatural elements throughout her work, which are mainly and explicitly present in ‘Guigemar’ and ‘Yonec’. This can be defined as ‘events or things that cannot be explained by nature or science and that are assumed to come from beyond or to originate from otherworldly forces.’ It is not however the only narrative device she has used in her written pieces. It is with the combination of the supernatural with the self-propelled ship or the transformation of the hawk into a knight, and the natural, the symoblisation of the stick and the rossignol, that Marie de France explores human relations between her characters.

"She did not take the broad, beaten road which led to the far-off plantation at Valmonde. She walked across a deserted field, where the stubble bruised her tender feet, so delicately shod, and tore her thin gown to shreds. She disappeared among the reeds and willows that grew thick along the banks of the deep, sluggish

Upon entering L’Abri, Madame Valmond sees Desiree is resting on a couch with her baby boy asleep on her arm. As she bends to greet her daughter with a hug and kiss, she sees how much the child has grown and exclaims, “This is not

A lithe form slinked through the pristine snow, her paws going numb from the constant unbridling unsuccessful search of prey. Being an experienced hunter now, PigeonEye knew that this was no small dilemma, but an ominous sign. She and a hunting party of three warriors had been sent out to hunt hours ago, and yet still, the terrain seemed barren, devoid of a stable amount of prey to feed their clan. The she-cat shivered and paused for a moment to survey they area, her fellow clan-mates halted and watched her with weary appearances, each thin and poignant. PigeonEye ignored them, an unshattered defiance and determination to serve her clan burning within her. If they did not bring back food when they returned, why return anyway. She was willing to die for her clan, even if she would die for a cause that might be remembered as pitiful foolhardy stubbornness.

This focus on eyes alerts the reader to pay close attention not only to Hazel’s eyes and what he sees, but also what others may be seeing. Even Hazel’s name is linked to the imagery of eyes, as hazel is both a common eye color and Hazel’s vision is often “hazy” or stuck in a “haze”.

Pansette worked diligently to accomplish his quest for a new life. He did not immediately go to Artigat and establish himself. Pansette worked his way through the grapevines of society to figure out who Martin Guerre was and studied to become him. Once the news spread that Martin Guerre had returned, the Guerre family flocked to Pansette and shared past stories of their time with Martin. The unknowing contributions of Martin’s sisters, wife, and uncle helped to establish Pansette’s new identity.

Andre Dubus mentions and describes the “eyes” several times throughout his short story, “Killings.” Matt, the main character, notices the emotions that are conveyed through a person’s eyes more than anything else. His entire story is vaguely centered around the hidden feelings that people have, but refuse to show. Dubus uses the repetition of the “eyes” to show how much is really concealed within a person. William Henry, a well-known chemist, once said, “The eyes shout what the lips fear to say.” Henry put into words what Dubus was doing when writing this story. A few sentiments that the author channels to the readers are pain, fear, sorrow, and hope.

His “unlined” face has yet to have the heat of a forge baking the sweat off his face and cracking the skin transitioning him into a man. A man that needs to learn the craft of forgetting the burdens everyday life gives him. The line, “eyes amber as the resin from trees too young to be cut.”(ll 10-11). reinforces that he has to grow and be ‘seasoned’ before he is truly ready to make the transition and tackle the craft of drinking until numb. These lines like an artist waiting to sculpt their stone into something else. The reference of the eyes gives a relation to the difference of her father’s young and hopeful eyes that have not seen what her grandfathers have. This is important as it gives the wisdom and long struggle that separates the apprentice from the master. Eyes have also been described as windows to the soul and the way she relates her father’s eyes as young and translucent that have yet to meet the destructive force that well in her grandfather’s eyes.

They were wonderfully pretty eyes; and, indeed, Winterbourne had not seen for a long time anything prettier than his fair countrywoman's various features‹her complexion, her nose, her ears, her teeth. He had a great relish for feminine beauty; he was addicted to observing and analysing it; and as regards this young lady's face he made several observations. (7)

Young and beautiful, words most likely to come to mind when describing the nearly prepubescent queen, the very words the queen has learned to condemn. Though not much of a secret with her ascend to power, Auvaux prefers to keep her child portion out of the public eye, refusing to acknowledge it. But you can't blame her.  Plucked from the streets as a child - years after the death of the unknown girl - Auvaux grew under the watchful eye of the now recently crowned king, her clay-like mindset forming into that of a perfect queen. Nonetheless, getting a bride from the streets all because you took an instant liking to them wasn't exactly a reliable source for rulers, but it mattered not to Sepuzhor. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for

Her eyes also provide a warning to the supernatural as they appear to put the narrator under a spell. The narrator states in awe, “What was it? I was possessed with a passion to discover. Those eyes! Those large, those shining, those divine orbs” (Poe 621).

The slaying of Vali cannot be justified, because Rama was not following his dharma. The way in which Vali was killed was not a honorable way. Vali in his dying state asked Rama "how could you , protector of all creatures, aim your shaft from your hiding place, like some mean hunter tracking a wild beast, instead of facing me in a fight - if you felt that I deserved that honor?"(103). The honor that Vali mentions is his intelligence and his ability to tell right from wrong and if Rama was to kill him he should have come out to face him and killed him in an honorable light not in hiding. Rama was biased and blinded by the thought of retrieving his wife. "To redeem her and to wreak your vengeance on [Ravana], you probably seek the support of Sugreeva,

“Are you even listening?” Her once, shimmering, sea-green eyes that enrapture men due to their natural allurement, transform into forest-green, and ominous eyes.

Life was all around her. In the people who passed her booth, dragging a child, or lugging a cart piled with newly-purchased goods—grain, small fish, and even the odd goat or lamb, whether live or freshly skinned, for those most obviously more wealthy than the common man in her village. They covered themselves in all the mirrors of their wealth they could wear. For even the buckles of their belts and hairpieces were adorned in layers of gold. There were rings of silver and gold on both arms and ankles. They were like vultures wrapped in silk, prideful and poison-tongued. Any they saw were lesser, and therefore their prey.