The Woman in Black: Key Quotations (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Revision Notes

The Woman in Black: Key Quotations

Below is a list of all of the quotations we have covered organised by character and theme:

Revenge

1. The Woman in Black (Jennet Humfrye): "Her face, in its extreme pallor, her eyes, sunken but unnaturally bright, were burning with the concentration of passionate emotion."
2. The Woman in Black (Jennet Humfrye): "I had seen the ghost of Jennet Humfrye and she had had her revenge."
3. Stella Kipps: "We had been so happy, and now all that happiness was gone."

Isolation

1. Arthur Kipps: "I did not believe in ghosts. Or rather, until this day, I had not done so."
2. Alice Drablow: "The late Mrs. Drablow was, to say the least of it, something of a recluse and something of a rum'un."
3. Alice Drablow: "Mrs. Drablow's life was her own and the stories about her were mostly speculation."
4. Keckwick: "Keckwick was not a man who welcomed any form of friendly approach."
5. Keckwick: "Keckwick said little but nodded at me sharply."

Fear

1. Arthur Kipps: "I felt a terrible, cold, sickening sensation that began to spread out from the pit of my stomach."
2. Mr. Jerome: "He was afraid, his hands fumbling, his expression a mixture of bewilderment and alarm."
3. Mr. Jerome: "Mr. Jerome looked frozen, pale, his throat moving as if he were unable to utter."
4. Sam Daily: "You'll find yourself a good deal less comfortable than you are now, and your nerves not at all improved by the end of it."
5. Spider (the dog): "Spider stood on the brink of the marsh, growling and trembling."
6. Spider (the dog): "Spider was panting, her mouth open and tongue lolling."

Memory and the Past

1. Arthur Kipps: "I did not believe in ghosts. Or rather, until this day, I had not done so."
2. Stella Kipps: "We had been so happy, and now all that happiness was gone."
3. The Woman in Black (Jennet Humfrye): "I had seen the ghost of Jennet Humfrye and she had had her revenge."