Extract 1:

→ meeting of Harriet and David at an office party

→ observers # other people : dancers

→ context of the swinging 60's = changes (flourishing culture, economy...)

→ H&D : apart, different = social rejection, self exclusion

→ similarities between H&D → tastes + aspirations + traditional values

→ contrast with the 60's + the society : freedom + open-minded + joy + fun

→ fall in love fast : time speeds up + dreams + projects in little time

→ risk of hubris

Extract 2 :

→ visit of their future mansion

→ feelings : elated, excited = they like the house

→ dreams + fairy tale : house= symbol of kingdom + reign + power + queen and kingdom

→ climax : attic → ecstatic + imagination

→ spring = season of fertility : Harriet = at the height of her fertility

→ lilac tree : symbol of love + buds = dream to start a family

→ hubris

→ dark atmosphere : - maybe cursed object, spell on H&D = bed → babies

- shadow lilac tree = threat, ill omen, Ben later

→ ivory tower = tower of solitude + no contact with the outside world + protection = dangerous → evil will come from the inside = Ben