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Appearances, Deceiving Appearances, DeceivingSee also Illusion.Baldwin, George“good” lawyer having affair with client’s wife. [Am. Lit.: The Manhattan Transfer]Clinker, Humphryadmirable character concealed by shabby exterior. [Br. Lit.: Humphry Clinker]Cory, Richardman “with everything” commits suicide. [Am. Lit.: “Richard Cory” in Hart, 711]daffodilbeautiful, but narcotic. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 168]Gray, Dorianhis portrait becomes the record of his life. [Br. Lit.: The Picture of Dorian Gray]Little Buttercupapparently dumpy woman , once “young and charming.” [Br. Opera: H.M.S. Pinafore]Phaedrapretends unkindness to Hippolytus to hide her passion for him. [Fr. Drama: Phaedra, Magill I, 741–742]Sawyer, Tomhoodwinks friends into white-washing fence by pretending chore is a reward, not a punishment. [Am. Lit.: Tom Sawyer]Tchitchikoffswindler-adventurer, outwardly a philanthropist. [Russ. Lit.: Dead Souls]Valancourthis gambling not a vice but attempt to secure money to aid friends. [Br. Lit.: The Mysteries of Udolpho, Magill I, 635–638]Venus’s-flytraplures insects with sweet odor. [Flower Symbol-ism: Flora Symbolica, 178] |