Themes and Ideas (VCE SSCE English): Quizzes
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What does Merricat create to protect their 'charmed circle'?
What does Merricat create to protect their 'charmed circle'?
Buried talismans & nailed objects
What term describes the village's dual role of persecuting yet sustaining the Blackwood sisters?
What term describes the village's dual role of persecuting yet sustaining the Blackwood sisters?
Complicit dependence
What values does Charles Blackwood represent in the novel?
What values does Charles Blackwood represent in the novel?
Patriarchal values
What did Constance wash to destroy evidence, making her complicit?
What did Constance wash to destroy evidence, making her complicit?
The sugar bowl
In what year was the novel published, coinciding with early second-wave feminism?
In what year was the novel published, coinciding with early second-wave feminism?
1962
What does the fire paradoxically enable the sisters to rebuild their home as?
What does the fire paradoxically enable the sisters to rebuild their home as?
A turreted castle
How does Merricat justify poisoning her family?
How does Merricat justify poisoning her family?
As being 'for Constance'
What term describes Merricat's belief that symbolic actions can influence reality?
What term describes Merricat's belief that symbolic actions can influence reality?
Sympathetic magic
The kitchen transforms from a domestic space into what symbol?
The kitchen transforms from a domestic space into what symbol?
Fortress of female power
Why does Uncle Julian's chronicle of the poisoning fail?
Why does Uncle Julian's chronicle of the poisoning fail?
His partial memory & confused account