eve of st agnes- error of judgement/hubris/fatal flaw= passion, entrapment, malevolent force

'mercy, porphyro! hie thee from this place'

angela warning him to flee, knows there are people in the castle that would kill him- error of judgement in coming or staying

'get hence! get hence!', 'flit like a ghost away'

repetition- angela senses danger and tries to warn, can compare to 'glide like phantoms' at end= unwittingly proleptic

'ah, gossip dear we're safe enough'

porphyro's hubris evident, consequent complacency contributes to following events

'into her dream he melted, as the rose blendeth its odour with the violet'

violet= associated w/ death, sensory imagery of two becoming one

'this is no dream, my bride... tis dark: the iced gusts still rave and beat'

takes ownership of madeline after act, heat represented by porphyro is now replaced by cold and harshness + ominous

madeline= 'full of this whim', 'her maiden eyes divine, fixed on the floor'

indicates her virginity and fixation on ritual

'she panted all akin to spirits of the air, and visions wide'

each movement is described to slow time, create sense of voyeurism

'his eyes grew brilliant, when she told his lady's purpose'

porphyro's passion, shown as a romantic- imagines madeline as heroine of chevalric romance

'sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose flushing his brow, and in his pained heart made purple riot'

rose symbolises his entrapment in passions, making decision to watch madeline-> tragic process

'never on such a night have lovers met, since merlin paid his demon all the monstrous debt'

he idealises madeline in such a way that he's entrapped, like chevalric romance she's placed on pedestal but it's dirtied by his sexually questionable scheme