Despair has an implacable hold on Andrew Harrington ☺ (Figurative Language). Eight Septembers ago, he found himself madly in love with a Whitechapel prostitute by the name of Marie Kelly, a beautiful woman worlds outside of his social sphere. After months of keeping the relationship secret, Andrew finally worked up the courage to face his father’s wrath and tell him of their love. He rushed to tell Marie the good news, only to find her dead in her bed, having been brutally mutilated and eviscerated by the elusive Jack the Ripper. Eight years later, Andrew is still traumatized by grief and haunted by what-ifs and could-have-been’s as his mind replays the fateful night over and over. Andrew’s struggles are highlighted by the song “Crazy”: “Crazy/For
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Now she lives in London’s foulest slum, watches her friends get picked off one by one by a mysterious killer, and must sell her body to eke out a living ☺ (Magic Three). Marie desperately longs for her past, a time when her life was beautiful, not filled with the harsh realities she now must face daily: “. . . on her return to London, she insisted everyone say her name in French, the only way she had found of preserving intact that distant fragrance which softened life’s sharp edges” (Palma 41). When she meets Andrew Harrington, she is immediately swept away by this wealthy young man who is so patently in love with her. For Andrew it is true love, but for Marie the affair is made of less grand things. In Andrew, she is seeking a sense of security and a futile grasp for something reminiscent of the wonders of her Parisian past. She needs Andrew to make her forget the horrors of her daily life. Both Marie’s hopelessness at the changes her life has taken and the desperation of her relationship with Andrew can be seen in the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart”: “Once upon a time there was light in my life/Now there’s only love in the dark/Nothing I can say . . . And I need you now tonight/And I need you more than ever/And if you only hold me tight/We’ll be holding on forever” (Steinman ln. 28-36). For Andrew their relationship may be one of love, or at least infatuation, but for Marie
Now she lives in London’s foulest slum, watches her friends get picked off one by one by a mysterious killer, and must sell her body to eke out a living ☺ (Magic Three). Marie desperately longs for her past, a time when her life was beautiful, not filled with the harsh realities she now must face daily: “. . . on her return to London, she insisted everyone say her name in French, the only way she had found of preserving intact that distant fragrance which softened life’s sharp edges” (Palma 41). When she meets Andrew Harrington, she is immediately swept away by this wealthy young man who is so patently in love with her. For Andrew it is true love, but for Marie the affair is made of less grand things. In Andrew, she is seeking a sense of security and a futile grasp for something reminiscent of the wonders of her Parisian past. She needs Andrew to make her forget the horrors of her daily life. Both Marie’s hopelessness at the changes her life has taken and the desperation of her relationship with Andrew can be seen in the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart”: “Once upon a time there was light in my life/Now there’s only love in the dark/Nothing I can say . . . And I need you now tonight/And I need you more than ever/And if you only hold me tight/We’ll be holding on forever” (Steinman ln. 28-36). For Andrew their relationship may be one of love, or at least infatuation, but for Marie