Red door Flashcards
door speaks for Murdo
“please let me live my own life”
conforms
“felt it necessary to be as like the other villagers as possible”
““I have never,” he thought with wonder,” been myself””
“he didn’t like”
“as they did”
“never in his life had he done anything unusual”
door description
“deep inward shine”
“painted lovingly”
“the door seemed to have its own courage”
“stood out against the drab landscape as if it were a work of art”
“there was a pride and spirit about it”
parents never did anything special. dreamt but never did anything
“dreamed their way to death”
Mary
“wildcat”
“considered slightly odd by the villagers”
“made no concessions to anybody”
“Mary had elegance”
“certain feelings too tenuous to call love”
“dressed in red clothes”
“you can take me or leave me”
other woman
“lived with her grossly religious mother”
“very stout”
conforming till you are old
“mask of senility”
