The Woman in Black, A London Particular
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- A London Particular
- Fog used to introduce London
- "the thickest of London peasoupers"
- "hanging over the river, creeping in and out of alleyways and passages..."
- Pathetic fallacy
- "It was a yellow fog, a filthy, evil-smelling fog, a fog that choked and blinded, smeared and stained"
- "the thickest of London peasoupers"
- Pathetic fallacy
- "It was a yellow fog, a filthy, evil-smelling fog, a fog that choked and blinded, smeared and stained"
- Hellish language
- "red-hot pools of light"
- "a great, boiling cauldron of tar"
- "smoked an evil red smoke"
- "...they became red-eyed and demonic."
- Mrs Drablow and Eel Marsh House
- "extraordinary Mrs Drablow"
- " a rum'un"
- "it's a wait for the tide!"
- "remarkable place"
- "'According to everything we've been told about Mrs Drablow', he said carefully, 'no, there were no children."
- "carefully"
- wary of his words, suggests Mr Bentley knows about the woman in black but doesn't want to scare Arthur off of the task
- "carefully"
- The "business"
- "a bit of business to attend to"
- total under-statement
- Mr Bentley doesn't want to scare Arthur off of the case
- Reinforces the idea that Mr Bentley knows about the woman in black
- Mr Bentley wants Arthur gone and on the way to Crythin Gifford before finding anything out about the case
- Mr Bentley wants Arthur to come back with the papers rather than sort them at the house
- Reinforces the idea that Mr Bentley knows about the woman in black
- Mr Bentley wants Arthur gone and on the way to Crythin Gifford before finding anything out about the case
- Reinforces the idea that Mr Bentley knows about the woman in black
- Reinforces the idea that Mr Bentley knows about the woman in black
- Mr Bentley doesn't want to scare Arthur off of the case
- total under-statement
- "I'll let you have the details to read on your journey"
- "... her private papers ... And bring them back to this office."
- Mr Bentley wants Arthur to come back with the papers rather than sort them at the house
- Mr Bentley wants Arthur to come back with the papers rather than sort them at the house
- "a bit of business to attend to"
- Arthur Kipps' character
- "But I was, in those days of my youth, a sturdy, commonsensical fellow."
- "I was barely twenty-three years old, and retained a schoolboy's passion..."
- "...I saw that Mr Bentley had not been able to resist making a good story better, dramatizing the mystery..."
- Arrogant young man, knowledgeable, sensible.
- "I was barely twenty-three years old, and retained a schoolboy's passion..."
- "But I was, in those days of my youth, a sturdy, commonsensical fellow."
- Arrogant young man, knowledgeable, sensible.
- Fog used to introduce London
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