All 6 entries tagged Colours

khaki dog stretched

the khaki dog stretched at his feet (7.LXIII.i).

This evokes Odysseus' old and faithful dog Argos (Odyssey 17:290-327); the khaki dog is a guide of sorts for the blind Seven Seas.

Amanda Hopkins : 09 Jul 2007 15:44 |  Tags: Animals Colours Epic Tradition Khaki Dog Stretched Odyssey |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Plunketts towel

Plunkett's towel (2.XXII.i).

Helen unashamedly steals personal objects from her employers, the Plunketts. Dennis Plunkett recalls how he caught her trying on Maud's jewellery (2.XVIII.i), and Maud claims that the yellow dress Helen frequently wears was stolen ('She looks better in it […] she stole', 1.V.iii), although Helen insists it was a gift from Maud. Here, there is erotic suggestion in the use of the towel around 'her nakedness', particularly as Plunkett is attracted to Helen and often fantasises about her (e.g., 'the V of a velvet back in a yellow dress', 2.XIX.iii).

Amanda Hopkins : 28 Jun 2007 15:37 |  Tags: Characters Colours Dennis Plunkett Helen Maud Plunkett Plunketts Towel |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Colours

Colours

Amanda Hopkins : 28 Jun 2007 13:23 |  Tags: Colours Poetics |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

allamanda

allamanda (1.XI.ii).

Tropical plant of the Americas, cultivated for its large, funnel-shaped, yellow flowers (Bib:OED).

Amanda Hopkins : 28 Jun 2007 13:21 |  Tags: Allamanda Colours Context Glossary North America Places Plants South America |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

khaki shirt

khaki shirt/and capacious shorts in which he'd served with Monty (1.V.i).

Walcott uses colour throughout Omeros to great effect. Here, the inclusion of 'khaki' carries overtones of colonialism as well as the military context to which it is applied here. 'Monty' is Bernard Law Montgomery, later First Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, commander of the British 8th Army in World War II, who defeated Rommel and the Afrika Korps at El Alamein in 1942 (Bib:PWE), a campaign in which Walcott's Major Plunkett fought.

Amanda Hopkins : 22 Jun 2007 11:37 |  Tags: Africa Characters Colours Context Dennis Plunkett History Khaki Shirt Second World War |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

yellow dress

yellow dress (1.V.iii &c).

An important image for Walcott, representing Helen as well as being a traditional Carribean colour.

Amanda Hopkins : 22 Jun 2007 11:22 |  Tags: Characters Colours Context Helen Poetics Yellow Dress |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem