Pearl, you""re curved in the flesh of temptation.Resistance is gonna be a darn sight harder for you than for females protected by the shape of sows.Yes siree, bob.You gotta sweeten yourself with prayer.Pray till you sweat, and you""ll save yourself from eternal hell-fire.You understand me girl?Pearl: Yes sir.Jubal prays over his sultry convert as she gets on her knees:Oh Lord, look upon this thy creature.She""s a weak vessel and a pauper as thou knowest, but she wants to be thy handmaiden.Give her the horse sense not to go wanderin"" off in the tulies with worthless cowpokes.Amen.Jubal gives her a "hallowed medal" to wear (and taken off a "thievin"" cardsharper") that he promises will keep her "sweet and clean as a first milkin"".The non-diagetic use of New York composer Gershwin""s music was deliberately placed throughout the film to metaphorically extend the character of the main protagonist, to serve as a counterpoint to the hero’s life, and to provide more meaning to the scenes.Exasperated by the uncomfortable, unstylish dress - and to spite Preston, she defiantly commands to have the white dress removed.The heir to the throne is the effeminate, foppish Monsieur La France who plays with toys and pets."Pets and toys his pastimes." He wears ear rings and holds two puppies in a lap basket."Catherine de Medici, queen-mother who covers her political intolerance of the Huguenots beneath the cloak of the great Catholic Religion.