The Belle of Amherst Study Guide

Emily, a delicate and sometimes child-like woman, enters with a teapot and introduces herself to the audience. She picks up a pate of cake slices and offers it to the audience by way of introduction. It is black cake, made from her own special recipe. She asks the audience's forgiveness for any fright on her part, as she is not used to strangers. She says that she is fifty-three. She welcomes the audience to Amherst, and says her full name is Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. (read more)