Violence in The Little Stranger
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- Violence in a little stranger
- Faraday
- Page 3. 'im afraid the acorn gave at last'
- Faraday damages the house because he wants to keep a part of it on his physical person. - shows his desire fro the house early on
- 'i'm afraid' suggests that he is regretful and he is disappointed in himself for doing it.
- when he throws the ring at caroline.
- 'ashamed to say that I threw t hard meaning TO HIT HER.'
- proves that his love fro caroline was actually just his love for the house
- 'ashamed to say that I threw t hard meaning TO HIT HER.'
- Faraday is a doctor so its against his nature to be violent.
- Page 3. 'im afraid the acorn gave at last'
- The incident involving Gillian Baker and gyp.
- 'Gillian's shriek, a single piercing note that sank at once to a thin, low, liquid wail.'
- 'Tearing yelp'
- language with connotations of violence.
- 'Gillian's shriek, a single piercing note that sank at once to a thin, low, liquid wail.'
- language with connotations of violence.
- 'we all heard the sounds'
- sensory experience for the reader
- 'her cheek and lip had turned into drooping lobes of flesh'
- shocking, Violent imagery
- 'Mr Morley stepped rapidly over to the dog and, with a curse, gave him a kick; the kick was a hard one and made gyp yelp.'
- The first example of violence induced by a human in the novel. Comes straight after the violent incident with gyp and ampliphies th
- Caroline
- when she kicks faraday at the pond
- 'with a violence that astonished me'
- she boots him in the face which shows the extent of her indifference toward faraday sexually.
- 'with a violence that astonished me'
- when she kicks faraday at the pond
- Mrs Aryes
- outside by the pond.
- 'a scratch,quite deep, evidently freshly made, blood still rising.
- suggests that she has been hurting herself. waters uses violence to portray a supernatural preasesnce creating a sinister tone.
- 'a scratch,quite deep, evidently freshly made, blood still rising.
- when she hangs herself
- 'she had hanged herself , with the cord of her dressing-gown, from an old brass hook on the back of the door.
- waters creates a gothic atmosphere with the use of macabre imagery
- 'mrs ayres looked dreadful, bloated and dark.'
- waters creates a gothic atmosphere with the use of macabre imagery
- 'she had hanged herself , with the cord of her dressing-gown, from an old brass hook on the back of the door.
- outside by the pond.
- Roderick
- when the objects move
- ''gather itself for a spring' - and the next moment it had launched itself at his head'
- conflict in his mind.
- being the man of the house
- being mentally ill.
- harms his body with substances.
- when the objects move
- Faraday
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