We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
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- الانزلاق: 1
- "My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood, I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance... Everyone else in my family is dead" (1).
- I'm so happy when you come home from the village. (21)
- I'm always happy to get home from the village. (21)
- We are introduced to Mary and Constance, who live alone with their Uncle Julian
- الانزلاق: 2
- Got a kiss for your Cousin Charles? (57)
- There was no cousin, no Charles Blackwood, no intruder inside. (58)
- Cousin Charles comes over, Mary is distraught because it has brought a change in her peaceful and safe life of solitude.
- الانزلاق: 3
- "'Merricat, oh Merricat. What have I done to my baby Merricat? No house. No food. And dressed in a tablecloth; what have I done?" (136)
- Constance, I love you, Constance. (136)
- Mary and Constance's house is partly burnt down, Mary finds comfort in it because they no longer have to leave the house, but Constance faces inner turmoil.