The Withered Arm
- Created by: mursalnadeem
- Created on: 16-03-14 19:18
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- The Withered Arm
- Main Characters
- Rhoda
- Gertrude
- Rhoda's son
- Farmer Lodge
- Plot Synopsis
- Rhoda curses FL's new wife, leading to withered arm. Gertrude becomes obsessed with her looks and dies of shock when trying to cure her arm.
- Main themes
- Class division
- Witchcraft
- Superstition
- Marriage
- Stereotypes
- Context
- Looks mattered for a woman's happiness
- Witches frowned upon but wizards had status
- Double standards in society
- Analytical Point
- Dream
- Withered Arm
- Gossip
- Meeting Trendle
- Irony- Gertrude first sees Rhoda's son and its the last person she sees
- Key Techniques
- Omniscient narrator, passing of time, pathetic fallacy, foreshadowing, juxtaposition, coincidence, narrative intervention, distinct denoument/ plot twist
- Main Characters
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