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- Young Kipps, before his experience: Arrogant, logical, calm, confident
- Young Kipps whilst at Eel Marsh: Becomes more insane, fearful, isolated.
- Kipps when reunited in London with Stella (Ch12) : Blissfully happy, calm, forgets about WIB, loving.
- Kipps after Stella and his son die: Devastated, WIB haunts him, trapped, never loves again (Esme his 2nd wife is more just for comfort than love?)
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- Kipps is the protagonist (the main character)
- His role is to recount his story to us as readers. What is Hills point by this? e.g Teaching us that small events (like taking up Alice Drablows soliciters case) can influence the whole of out life? Or is it that you shouldn't pry into other peoples business or you might find things you don't want to find (i.e prying into the peoples lives in Crythin Gifford then finding out about the WIB)
- Kipps' role could link to the context, teaching us that it was wrong to have a child outside of marriage in Victorian England.
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- Hill purposefully start the book by showing us Kipps and an old man. This could suggest his experience has made him more caustious, less secure? Or it could suggest he has never been able to escape the WIB's presence as she still haunts him even though the experience was a very long time ago. CH1 "the long shadow cast by events of the past" suggest still can't escape, "shadow"= symbolic of his disorted views?Exaggerated? Darkness?
- Kipps appears arrogant at the beginning, however in Chapter 2 (The journey to the North) symbolises the change from civisation, science and invention to chaois, secrecry and tales.
- Kipss to start with doesn't believe in the supernatural however after visiting Eel marsh he changes his ideas.
- " the very edge of the horizon where life and death meet together" p90 this links to the key theme of life and death, "horizon"= endlessness? "edge" = instablility?
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- Does Hill create sympathy for Kipps?
- In an essay remember to include: structure, context, quotes, idividual word analysis, synax/punctuation analysis,key themes, link to the question.
- Key themes of the Novel: death, light vs dark, children outside of marriage, weather, nature (an how it influences people, e.g how it cuts off the 9 lives causeway)
- " an outburst of helpless sobbing" p76 could indicate physical weakness, childlike, men should be 'strong' and not cry (Victorian views), mirrors Jannet Drablows experience.
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