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There's no need to surrender. But watch that you aren't killed by your own traps. No one wants to starve; to be starved of anything. Frederick Clegg Frederick As a pastime, watching butterflies and moths is known as butterflying and mothing. The latter has given rise to the term "mother" for someone who engages in this activity. Frederick wants to own Miranda and in a way he does; she is trapped. He knew he would do whatever it took to have her, even if it was against her will. Miranda is helpless and after initial fear feels pity and softness for her keeper; when she realises there is no escape, this softness hardens.  "He is solid; immovable, iron-willed. He showed me one day his killing bottle. I'm imprisoned in it. Fluttering against the glass. Because I can see through it I still think I can escape. I have hope. But it's all an illusion.    A thick round wall of glass."     Miranda meaning:  'to be admired'. Miranda surrendered. ...