Woman In Black

Question 1

Malevolent
1) Visual description of her

2) Acts on vengeance

3)Context

Answer 1

1) “desperate yearning malevolence…purest evil and hatred”- upon first sight Kipps feels extreme hatred, foreshadow

2) “in some violent or dreadful circumstance, a child has died”- she acts on vengeance- classic gothic trope- A warning to the curious or the ash tree

3) “jennet”- spanish word associated with having a good disposition ironic

Question 2

Psychological effects
1) Kipps mentions her to Jerome

2) development of Kipps

3) context

Answer 2

1) “about to faint”- ghost has effects even when not present

2)”i did not believe in ghosts”-becomes “prone to mental illness and conditions” character development

3) a protagonist being so deeply traumatised is also evident in whistle and ill come and a warning to the curious

Question 3

Physical description
1) illness

2) Supernatural imagery

Answer 3

1) “terrible wasting disease”
“sunken eyes”- symbol of Jennet’s wasted eyes- all positive aspects of her life were when she lost her son

2)” a walking skeleton- a living spectre”- Hill exploits supernatural through metaphor and personification