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Epiphany - when Iris realizes that Esme is her real grandmother

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Epiphany - when Iris realizes that Esme is her real grandmother

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When Kitty is described as not being able to have kids, we wondered how she had a son. This led up to Iris realizing that Esme is her real grandmother when she says "Mine all along. Wouldn't let go. And do you have a picture of your father. Iris puts her hand to her mouth. 'Oh,' she says. 'Oh, God.' Also, Kitty kept saying "I didn't take it.", suggesting that she didn't take Esmes son when in fact she did. Iris was unsure why she kept saying this, but it was evident that she was slowly understanding that Kitty stole her father away from Esme when Iris says "suddenly something that has been snagged at the periphery of [my] mind seems to slide forward, the way a boat might loosen from its moorings and float free."

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Set-up:
Pg. 168--rape scene

pg. 171--kitty's instincts

pg. 173-- kitty's love

pg. 186--

pg 211-- Esme baby

pg. 216-- kitty realizes

pg. 220
"She knows who this man is. She knows who he was. She sees it all now. She glances round the room that used to hold their summer clothes all winter long in cedar chests..."

Analysis:
This excerpt is the moment that Esme realizes that the man in the picture, who was perceived as kitty's son, is in fact her own.
pg. 221
"Esme examines the man's face and she sees, in its planes and angles, the set of the head, everything she ever wanted to know. She sees this, she understands this: he was mine."

Analysis:
Reality strikes Esme as she stares at her own child. This epiphany was not only created for her but also for the audience. O'Farrell influenced the flow of the story in order to create this epiphany.

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Epiphany - Iris Realizing that Esme is her real Grandmother

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Epiphany - Iris Realizing that Esme is her real Grandmother

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Iris is surp

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The author describes Cauldstone as a deserted ghost hospital, it's fetid and oppressive. The rooms were locked and windows were never opened. These descriptions made the tone of the story seem dark and secluded. There's a juxtaposition when meeting Esme because she doesn't seem to fit in. She's "tall with an angular face and searching eyes",
which represents her as authoritative. Maybe the reasons she's is in Cauldstone are wrong.

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pg. 43-44
"There is a ribcage of bars before them. The nurse reaches out to tap in a code, but turns to Iris. 'Stay close,' she says. 'Don't stare.'"

Cauldstone illustrates how the asylum that Esme was put in kept her from the outside world. The prison-like setting portrays Esme as mentally insane.

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This scene is significant because it reveals the way Esme views others, including her parents. "We are all, Esme decides, just vessels through which identities pass: we are lent features, gestures, habits, then we hand them on. Nothing is our own. We begin in the world as anagram of our antecedents" (118). After reading the passage, Esme's reasoning behind her actions are answered.

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The motif of the color green is used throughout the novel

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Green and repetition. Green can be symbolism of envy and greed. Could symbolize esme's envy of a normal childhood

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Esme is portrayed as child-like...she's taken away simply for playing dress up. On the way to Cauldstone she kicks and screams like a child would. This perception emphasizes her innocence, which creates a sharp contrast with the harsh hospital setting that is described. "Rows of beds, shapes of bodies hunched under blankets...smell of disinfectant and floor polish" (O'Farrell 176-177). In turn, sympathy is created for Esme. Furthermore, this makes us somehow okay with the fact that she murdered her own sister.