Vocabulary
This will happen to a company's brand if their product sickens customers.
What is tarnish?
More than any other motif, this one (related to S&S) appears more than any other in Ch. 10.
What is sight & seeing?
This character says, "They cannot be left alone, that is absolutely the worst possible thing for them."
Who is Helen Clarke?
You'll want to do this to the city's flood walls after they collapse during a flood.
What is reinforce?
Jim Clarke's statement “I think you’d feel a little different about your friends if you could see the flowers we all sent Julian” speaks to this theme ___.
What is guilt & punishment?
This character is associated with the color yellow.
Who is Uncle Julian?
This happens to an apartment's interior during repair after flood damage.
What is gutted?
Uncle Julian's being taken away marks this point in the plot.
What is the falling action?
Constance's insistence that they will take their meals "like ladies" relates to these two remaining kitchen items.
What are cups with handles?
The reference to the house being covered in vines relates to this theme.
What is social ostracism / isolation?
This innovation of Merricat's helps ensure the sisters' safety.
What is a barricade?
What is frantically?
The two sisters' laughter echoing up the burnt staircase into the empty sky marks this point in the plot.
What is the resolution?
Constance's assertion that Charles should have shot himself implies she has become more like this character ___.
Who is Merricat?
Merricat's decision to fix the broken step herself speaks to this theme.
What is female power?
This person says, "I was the cause of it all."
Who is Charles?
China likes to do this to Taiwan on a regular basis.
What is menace?
The fact that the photographer refers to the two sisters as "old maids" is an indication of this.
What is time / time's passage?
By giving up this former habit and no longer checking her former safeguards, Merricat becomes more like Constance.
What is wandering?
The quotation "I was the cause of it all" invokes this theme.
What is guilt & punishment?
This couple parks and stares at the house.
Who are the Carringtons?