Trying to catch up on the blogs a bit.
From what I can remember when I annotated these few pages, I think what interested me the most was the introduction of the second male character, the piano tuner. His blindness must symbolise something, in my opinion it probably has something to do with the male gaze. He can't look at her and objectify her/ lust after her, suggesting that he is...more than a regular generic man, possibly. Also, his blindness could suggest that his other sense are more heightened, so he might be more of a good listener; which brings me onto my next point. The omission of the male gaze makes the man a more of a sensitive female character. His appearance is 'gentle' and 'young' unlike the Marquis, who is referred to as Leoine. All of these factors makes the reader feel more able to trust the piano tuner more than the Marquis.
What else interested me was the corridor leading towards the bloody chamber. The venetian tapestries suggests heads on the wall or violence- which is foreshadowing the contents of the chamber. The thick carpet and the covered walls which muffle the sounds also could symbolise a secret, that is whispered and kept quite, because the chamber is the marquis' secret.
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