Thursday, November 7, 2019

Why is it appropriate that this chapter begins with the singing of the two verses? THis is in Part2 chapter 10.


andhave made several plans, some realistic and some not, of trying to escape their confined
situation and be together permanently.  One of them involves becoming proles and blending into
the lesser-scrutinized prole community.  In their secret love nest, the two hear the prole
washer-lady song often.  It seems to beboth the immediate future and the distant future for
these two lovers. 

'It was only an 'opeless
fancy,
It passed like an Ipril dye,
But a look an' a word an' the dreams
they stirred
They 'ave stolen my 'eart awye! ()


The first line of verse seems to foreshadow Julia and Winston's
capture and declares their hopes of being together as hopeless.  Indeed, at the the end of this
section, the two are captured and taken to the Ministry of love.

The second
verse refers foreshadows the end of the novel, specifically when Julia and Winston meet again in
the Chesnut Tree Cafe.

'They sye that time 'eals
all things,
They sye you can always forget;
But the smiles an' the tears
acrorss the years
They twist my 'eart-strings yet!' (Part 2, Chapter
10).

As the song suggests, time does heal, but
not in the way that either may have thought.  They were put through rigorous torture after their
capture, and ultimately they broke their vows of not turning on the other.  Through their
reintegration process, they lost all feelings for each other and address each other as if they
were mere acquaintances.

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