How does the framed tapestry in the lumber room affect Nicholas?
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The Tapestry Symbol Analysis. The image on the tapestry Nicholas discovers in the lumber room becomes a symbol for the story's conflict between wildness and propriety, suggesting that Nicholas's wildness will triumph over the aunt's attempts to subdue him.
Explanation:
Emil the cobbler wiped sweat from his brow as he tap-tapped a brass nail into a fine shoe. Far down the boulevard he could hear carriage wheels on cobblestone. He didn't get his hopes up, having heard them pa.ss & fade away on too many a day, while his children ran to peek, craning over the windowsill. I am a shoemaker, he thought, because there will always be a need for my services; all respect an honest man who does an honest day's work...
His main competition was a seller of less-worthy shoes, made in haste, not in love, his prices far lower. No matter, he thought, truth will out-- as seams split and feet soak in puddles. His thoughts were lost as he realized the carriage had rolled up to his shop--such a carriage, gilded & ornate! His wife, Gwen, drew back a curtain, as curious as the children