"I sat down in one of the many glided chairs, pushed the burnished metal mirror close, and tried to work with the paints as my slaves had always done."(pg. 112)
When i first read this quote I started laughing because Pandora was always used to the slaves doing everything for her from head to toe, whether its feeding her, dressing her, washing her hair, to everything she never thought she had to ever do herself ever in her lifetime. Since she was born, she depended on others to do everything for her and never tried to do one thing herself because her family had many slaves living with them. For once in her life she has to depend on herself and she tries to take the first step by trying to put on her make up, and of course she fails to do so. When i read the quote I knew exactly what kind of picture I was looking for. I visualized an elegant woman sitting in front of the mirror draped in her long silk dress trying to get ready, except she fails to do so. This quote resembles the way she had been treated and raised her whole life as if she were a princess not having to work a day in her life. Without slaves or anyone to help her, she was useless.
Rice, Anne. Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires. New York: Knopf, 1998. Print. (pg. 112)
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