Chapter 1 Quotes Flashcards
Her wish for a harmonious organised work denied her the wreck possibilities of wrong doing
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Relative isolation of the Tallis houE
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Nothing in her life was sufficiently interesting
Yes, my younger sister, Briony Tallis the writer, you surely must have heard of her
At the age of 11 she wrote her first story
Imagination itself was a source of secrets
The baby of the family possessed a strange mind and facility with words
A crisis in the heroines life
The trials of Arabella May have been a melodrama, but it’s another had yet to hear the term
Lola… jack and Pierrot were refugees of a bitter domestic civil war
Everyone would adore her
Bravery was demanded from the youngest
What happens
Briony writes play for lesson
Brionys passion for writing
Cousins are refugees staying in Tallis house
Play is a disaster
What spurs on her lie ?
Her real life is uneventful / isolated
She doesn’t have secrets - but she wants to
This thirst for real drama in her life will shape later events
How is her active imagination demonstrated ?
Melodrama “the trials of Arabella”
She fantasies about the effect the play will have on her brother
