Therese Raquin - Notes on Chapters 19 and 20.

Essay by spradlingHigh School, 11th grade June 2005

download word file, 3 pages 3.0

Downloaded 29 times

CHAPTER 19

T&L manipulate MR and Thurs. Guests into proposing their marriage.

Every character is Selfish and egocentric.

MR worries about T dying, not because of T's life but because she doesn't want to be left alone.

T&L 'work' to manipulate MR and Thursdays guests so they can be reunited.

Thurs guests want to keep coming, the death of T would probably bring this to an end.

______

The death of C wounded both MR and L.

L with the scar and MR with a "wound within her that had never stopped bleeding since C's death"

MR believes T is wounded as well. We can see the plan commencing to work.

After speaking with Michaud she starts to realize that T needs a husband. Even though this means the forgetting of C and therefore his 2nd death. She has no problem with this since it would bring her happiness in the end as T wouldn't die.

MR says that if this goes on it would be like ETERNAL MISERY.

She would have T but she is like a PLANT. Just like not having her there.

Starts to look for a husband for T.

Shop represents the characters mood.

When T is quiet and pretending to mourn, the shop is CHILLY and DANK. LOOKS LIKE A TOMB. / LIFE HAD NOT BEEN WORTH LIVING.

When L is around, it is BRIGHT and happier.

When the Thurs. G are here is it WARM. A sense of family. FIRE, TEA, PEOPLE.

MR considers T's marriage a VEY IMPORTANT MATTER. But not for T's happiness.

"SINCE THE POOR OLD THING WAS EVEN MORE CONCERNED FOR HERSELF THAN FOR T; SHE WANTED TO GET HER MARRIED IN SUCH A WAY TO BE HAPPY HERSELF."

LAURENCE plays the part of a SYMPATHETIC, OBLIGING, fellow.

"He overwhelmed...