Character Analysis (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Narrative technique Merricat uses
Narrative technique Merricat uses
Unreliable narrator
Merricat's age
Merricat's age
18 years old
Merricat's practice of burying protective objects
Merricat's practice of burying protective objects
Sympathetic magic
Substance Merricat used to poison her family
Substance Merricat used to poison her family
Arsenic (in the sugar bowl)
Constance's anxiety disorder preventing her leaving home
Constance's anxiety disorder preventing her leaving home
Agoraphobia
Constance's moral status regarding the murder
Constance's moral status regarding the murder
Guilty complicity (knows truth, protects Merricat)
What Charles symbolises in the novel
What Charles symbolises in the novel
Patriarchal authority/normalcy
Uncle Julian's witness status
Uncle Julian's witness status
Failed witness (trapped in past)
Villagers' collective role
Villagers' collective role
Hostile chorus
Sisterly dynamic summary
Sisterly dynamic summary
Merricat kills, Constance cleans