The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

library! And then, with a hysterical burst of sobs, she rushed out of the room again” Describes the sudden sense of shock and fear in the people of the Bantry Household that the body created once it was discovered (Christie, 3). In the beginning of the novel the backstory of the victim is introduced and the possible correlations between her and the multiple suspects are introduced. Throughout pages 1-71 many different speculations and scenarios are introduced such as why the victim was killed, how the victim was killed, and who could have killed the victim. Pages 72-141 deal with the development of the facts recovered by Miss Marple; they then are turned into a stone cold foundation of evidence. Throughout pages 1-71, the setting changes from Gossington Hall, to the Dance Hall where Josephine Turner and Ruby Keene were both employed at the time of the murder. During pages 72-141, more details surrounding the murder of Ruby Keene are beginning to become uncovered, motives are being released, and alibis are being given. The characters introduced throughout this portion of the novel consist of the Jefferson’s, Ruby’s Dance Partner, as well as a multitude of minor characters. Throughout the novel the reader is introduced to many characters such as Josephine Turner, Dolly and Colonial Bantry, Inspector Slack, and Jane Marple, just to name a few. The characters are also introduced to the body of the deceased women, although she 's mistaken for the body of Dinah Lee, Basil Blake’s…

longing to be free of confinement, sadness, and of loneliness. Even though she can see out of the tower through the view of her mirror, she is so very lonely and isolated from the world. Eventually, the lady becomes so, very desperate for love and a relationship that she leaves her castle; and in leaving she realizes that even though the bad will come, she is willing to take that risk for the one moment of happiness. II. Part One The poem starts off pretty descriptive about the surroundings…

Complete Isolation Throughout history, art and poetry have seemed to begin to share some of the same characteristics. Poetry is another form of art, and the art itself allows you to visualize the setting and feelings of the poem. Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem and Waterhouse’s painting, both titled “The Lady of Shalott,” depict the lady not experiencing reality and only seeing life through a reflection. Her life is lived in complete isolation, and remains that way even after she departs from the…

Ever since the emergence of Edgar Allen Poe’s “C. Auguste Dupin” in The Murders at the Rue Morgue, the characterization of the fictional detective has remained constant. Detectives like Sherlock Holmes can be classified as arrogant, educated, European, males who use their wit to solve crimes and often do not align themselves with the authorities. Even in modern times, detective fiction is still dominated by males. With an abundance of detectives like Batman, Monk and Columbo, female detectives…

Rapunzel is locked away in her tower at the age of twelve, which is commonly thought of as a time of transition from childhood to adolescence. As Rapunzel sexually matures, she is isolated from the outside world and kept in a purely domestic space, with her only other company being an older, motherly figure, Gothel. The Lady of Shalott also is sequestered from Camelot, and has absolutely no company at all. Her only task is to weave on her loom. As she watches people pass by through her mirror,…

imaginary friends. Having these imaginary friends gave Christie a great imagination. Christie never intended to be a writer but started to write poems and made it in the local newspaper when she was eleven. One day when she was sick her mother told her that she should write down the stories that she liked to tell people. Since then she started to write stories and by the time she was a teenager she already had written short stories and even had many poems that were published in The Poetry…

comedy of errors. Adriana views marriage as a negative. While on the other hand Luciana views marriage from a biblical perspective. Then we have Egeon who would do anything for the love of his family. We also have both Antiphlous’s who view marriage as a negative. Then there is the Abbes who is almost a middle ground for the two opposing views on marriage. All the characters in The Comedy Of Errors, all at the end define Shakespeare view on marriage.…