Woman In Black Flashcards
Mr Daily’s Quote About Women?
“I’m not going to fill you up with a lot of woman’s tales”, p.119.
Mrs Daily Facts?
Addressed as “Mrs Daily” and never told her first name,
This suggests that she is nothing more than Sam Daily’s wife,
We get told Mr Daily’s first name, Sam.
Book Was Written And Based In?
Book was written in 1983 but based in 1900’s.
“They lifted Stella gently from the cart.”
Shows how the frame narrative is modern and the respect towards women has developed,
Stella is being treated with care, whilst this wouldn’t have happened in 1900’s,
Woman were granted the right to vote in 1920.
Christmas Eve?
Frame narrative,
“Sweetly scented and balmy with the flowers of midsummer” - smell of the air,
Monks Piece - “Piece” sounds like “Peace”, also describes as the “happiest of homes”,
“Yes, I had a story, a true story, a story of haunting and evil, fear and confusion, horror and tragedy”,
“When it was over, I would have work to do” - describing how he would write his story on Boxing Day.
A London Particular?
“It was a yellow fog, a filthy, evil-smelling fog, a fog that chocked and blinded, smeared and strained”,
“Like ghost figures” - Arthur describing the figures through the fog, “red eyed and demonic”,
““Isn’t there any more you ought to tell me, I…” He waved me away…”” - in Mr Bentleys office.
The Journey North?
“an escape from the London Particular”,
“all was as cosy and enclosed as some lamp lit study”, “I ate a pleasant dinner”,
“It was only when I came to change again… I began to be less comfortable…”, “air was a great deal colder”,
Uses negative language to describe the North such as “comfortless”, “cold, stale smuts”, “grimmed”, “unswept”,
“Sea-frets” - Mr Daily,
“Nasty train”,
“being isolated far from any human dwelling and trapped in this cold tomb or a railway carriage…”.
The Funeral Of Mrs Drablow?
“Prettily furnished bedroom” - description of the Gifford Arms room,
“The wind had either died down or else could not be heard in the shelter…” suggest the danger was far away from him, he was safe as long as he doesn’t go to the house,
“His face flickered with… what? Alarm, was it?” - the landlords response to Kipps telling him he is there for a funeral, “strong emotion in him”,
“He turned away abruptly” and “And he left me alone.” - talking of the landlord,
“warmth and softness, happy and secure as a small child in the nursery” - his sleep,
“To North, south and west there was rural emptiness for many miles” - he looked at the map again,
“And yet he told me nothing at all, nothing personal, nothing revelentory, nothing very interesting.” - talking of how Mr Jerome told him nothing of Mrs Drablow,
“Half hints and dark mutterings”.
Description Of Woman In Black At Funeral?
“Deepest black”,
“Wasting disease”,
“Extremely pale”,
“Thinnest layer of flesh was tautly stretched and strained across her bones”,
“Eyes seemed sunken”.
Across The Causeway?
“Eager for the ride” - when the pony and trap came up,
“Today there were no cloud at all”,
“Today, all bright and clear”,
“Tall, gaunt house of grey stone with a slate roof, that now gleaned sterling in the light”,
“Isolated” and “handsome” - the house,
“Rawk-Rawk of a hidden bird”,
Sun is “wintery, golden-red ball” shot “blood-red streaks”,
“Ugly, satanic-looking thing, like some species of sea-vulture” made a “harsh, croaking cry”,
Sees the woman again, standing at the headstones,
“Desperate, yearning malevolence” - Mrs Drablow, “hatred and malevolence” began to “fill me with fear”,
“I did not believe in ghosts” - use of DID,
“I closed up the window” - window holds connotations of…., talking of the window in the Eel Marsh House.
The Sound Of A Pony And Trap? The only
Convinced himself that there must be a logical explanation at start,
“Think, damp sea-mist” blocks him from seeing anything, he felt “teased” by it and described it as “live fingers that crept over me”,
“Lost”, “most obvious and sensible course was to turn and retrace my steps”, “that walk back was a nightmare”,
Hears the child, “draining, suckling, churning sound”, appalling last noises”,
“I could see nothing and what use would that be?” shows he is helpless, “helpless sobbing”,
“There’s no crossing over while a frets up”,
“I wouldn’t have left you over night”,
“A barrier put up against all inquiry” is how Kipps described Keswick and Landlord talking to him,
Relives nightmare when he goes to sleep again.
Mr Jerome Is Afraid?
“Bright winter sunshine”,
He decided he was going to go back to London, “I was going to run away”,
“A bicycle!”,
“I was not giving to run away”
“No means pleased to see me” - about Jerome,
“There is no one”, “there are no openings”, “you will find no one suitable” - Jeromes excuses,
“For fear of encountering what I have already encountered” - Kipps tells Jerome his thoughts,
“I pray that you do not” - Mr Jerome says this twice,
“My heart seemed to beat faster, my step to be quicker, everything I saw was brighter”.
Spider?
“Banishing every nervous fear and morbid fancy by energetic activity” - bike ride,
“Felt like a new man”,
“You are whistling in the dark” - Mr Daily,
“He and his wife lived here”,
“So simple, so direct, so unashamed of his ambitions” - Daily’s description at the dinner,
“Your a fool if you go though with it” - Daily, “listen to me Arthur” he used in an “avuncular way”,
“You shouldn’t go there” repeated twice,
“Then take a dog”.
In The Nursery?
“Sunshine and blue sky again”,
“Drew my curtains”, “opened some windows”,
Ancient household accounts”, “bankers statements and doctors prescriptions and estimates”… list shoes the abundance of items,
“Air was turning much colder, the sky losing its light”,
“I lit every lamp I could find, drew curtains” - what he did when it became dark. Hiding from something?,
“Lamp out”, “was awakened”,
“Every hair of her body was on end”,
“I heard the odd sound again”, “Except the sound.”,
“I told myself it was a rat or trapped bird”,
“Nothing. Absolute silence.”, “No one.”, “Nothing more.”,
Looks through the packet of letters,
“There was no visitor - or at least a real, human visitor - no Keckwick”,
“Wide open.”,
“It was the sound that meant comfort and safety, peace and reassurance”.
Whistle And I’ll Come To You
In 1910, Mr R James wrote “Oh, Whistle And I’ll Come To You, My Lad” - shows her inspiration from another author,
“I felt I was a small boy again”,
“and I hugged her warm body to me, glad of her”,
“Prayed” repeated twice shows desperate, shoes physical fear,
“Overwhelming grief and sadness” - how he describes being in the room,
Spider runs away,
“from any human lips”,
“a strength I would never have dreamed I could have summoned up, born of terror and despair.”,
“It was the sound of a pony trap.”
