Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
This One Time, At Band Camp...
Not since American Pie has a band solo felt so erotic. The language used during Milton's clarinet playing is incredibly sexy. Turn on the A/C and read these lines:
In front of his window, clarinet erect... (2.5.34)
[Tessie] felt the vibrations penetrate her muscles, pulsing in waves, until they rattled her bones and made her inner organs hum. (2.5.81)
Breathing hard, bent over Tessie with trembling concentration, he moved the clarinet in circles, like a snake charmer. And Tessie was a cobra, mesmerized, tamed, ravished by the sound. (2.5.82)
"Why do you always play by the window?"
"I get hot." (2.5.39-2.5.40)
Um, yeah… we're getting a little flushed too. This isn't subtle in the slightest. If you need us to read between the lines for you... well, we'll tell you when you're older.