Appearances, Deceiving
30. Appearances, Deceiving (See also Illusion.)
- Baldwin, George “good” lawyer having affair with client’s wife. [Am. Lit.: The Manhattan Transfer ]
- Clinker, Humphry admirable character concealed by shabby exterior. [Br. Lit.: Humphry Clinker ]
- Cory, Richard man “with everything” commits suicide. [Am. Lit.: “Richard Cory” in Hart, 711]
- daffodil beautiful, but narcotic. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 168]
- Gray, Dorian his portrait becomes the record of his life. [Br. Lit.: The Picture of Dorian Gray ]
- Little Buttercup apparently dumpy woman , once “young and charming.” [Br. Opera: H.M.S. Pinafore ]
- Phaedra pretends unkindness to Hippolytus to hide her passion for him. [Fr. Drama: Phaedra, Magill I, 741–742]
- Sawyer, Tom hoodwinks friends into white-washing fence by pretending chore is a reward, not a punishment. [Am. Lit.: Tom Sawyer ]
- Tchitchikoff swindler-adventurer, outwardly a philanthropist. [Russ. Lit.: Dead Souls ]
- Valancourt his gambling not a vice but attempt to secure money to aid friends. [Br. Lit.: The Mysteries of Udolpho, Magill I, 635–638]
- Venus’s-flytrap lures insects with sweet odor. [Flower Symbol-ism: Flora Symbolica, 178]
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