She let her youth and whatever beauty she had slip away in the dark recesses of the dusty old house, all the while clinging to the notion that she was a member of the long-dead aristocracy. ... Jeffrey can be compared to Midas, the mythical king whose touch was a golden death. ... The third line of the triangle is incest fear, this fantasy terror revolves around the very idea of an all-forbidding and self indulging Jeffrey Pyncheon. ...

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• Grade Level: High School