Context
- Indian mutany - British were violently overthrown by the indian sepoys( a type of soldier)
- Captain Skene and his family were murdered but in Rossetti's version, they take their own lives.
Why does she alter the story in the way she does?
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key points
- Indian Empire - Queen's crown and jewel
- Indians held against their will( mutany)
- Unravelled the British Empire( lost stability)
- Poets want to mark the key moments in historical events.
- Taking a wild location gives leeway for more emotion
- Round tower symbolises entrapment
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