Now paying dearly for her naivety, Vicki must endure a horrific nightmare of confinement and torture at the hands of this depraved pair.Īgainst these murderers, Vicki's only chance of survival is a mix of subterfuge, cunning, and mind games while her estranged parents and her boyfriend desperately try to learn what has happened and what can be done to find her. One night, Vicki Maloney, who impetuously sneaks out of the house for a forbidden party, is lured by the pair into their clutches.
#Hounds of love summary serial#
The lover repents his hasty and foolish action, and God (or Beloved) who had forsaken him ultimately forgives him and surrenders.In 1987 Perth, Australia, John and Evelyn White.Īre a pair of serial killers who target teenage girls.
In the surrender of the beloved the Church and Christ are united only when Church becomes an abode of patience. In fact it is the Christian values-self-realization and repentance followed by patience and perseverance which are rewarded. As Christ forgives his worshipers and yields his selfless love, the deer (beloved) likewise surrenders to the lover. Alluding to Christ, Spenser’s deer submits perhaps like Christ. The lover holds her trembling hand and she gently yields or surrenders. She looks at him gently and mildly without any sign of fear or hatred. She returns, she is a gentle, forgiving and loving, a Christ-figure. The beloved’s mood undergoes a change when the poet realizes his folly. The lover had forgotten this when tried to chase his beloved, for which he might have been punished but for the quick and mild response of the deer (beloved). The deer’s drinking at the brook is an indication of her longing for God water is emblematic of godliness and purity. He observes the same gentle deer returning the same way without any fear looking for the next brook where she could quench her thirst, for she could also be equally thirsty. No sooner does the realization dawn on the lover-hunter, than a miracle happens. He has decided to forsake the hunt and the prey. Now that the huntsman (the lover) has realized his folly, sits down. The beloved cannot be won by passion, greed and force. But the use of force turns out to be a vain exercise. He had acted like a greedy huntsman who tries to capture his beloved by using force.
It only means that he failed to comprehend the true meaning of lover-beloved relationship, their significance and value. The word ‘assay’ could also mean that he had attempted to drink and taste rather prematurely and did not realize the fact that hunting and killing the deer were not appropriate measures. The lover gives up the chase having realized the futility of his assay. His beloved is proud and arrogant and she would not surrender to his desires. The lover has pursued the lady for a considerable time now, but all his attempt have been futile and of no avail. The ‘hounds’ should not be interpreted literally but understood metaphorically, for they allude to his desires, thoughts and even strategies to ensnare the beloved, for both in thought and action. He describes the ‘chase’ as ‘heavy chase’, using a transferred epithet, to mean that the chase has made him heavy, tired and exhausted, because it has proved to be a vain attempt: In a dejected mood, the lover-hunter feels desperate and tired and sits down to relax in a shady place along with his ‘hounds who are panting because of their failure to capture the prey. Thus his chase or hunt has been a vain exercise.
The lover compares himself to huntsman who has been in pursuit of his prey (lady-love) but this chase has completely exhausted him, because his game has escaped. It seemed quite strange to me that so wild a beast was won over by me so easily perhaps she was beguiled by her own will (desire). There she looked at me with gentle looks, did not fly away, but remained there without any fear till I caught hold of her and firmly tied her with her own goodwill. So after a long pursuit when I was tired and had given up or forsaken the game, I saw the gentle deer (beloved) returned the same way to quench her thirst at the next brook. The lover says earlier my condition was like a hunter (chasing his beloved to trap her) who after a weary chase and having ultimately realized that the prey (beloved) has escaped away, sits down to rest in some shady place with hounds tired and panting.