https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5 Each group will be assigned one chapter to find evidence where we see Merricat being guilty of the crime. Then provide an explanation to why that evidence shows she committed the crime. en-us 2019-04-25 18:15:18 UTC 2025-12-04 12:55:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194035 "I found a nest of baby snakes near the creek and killed them all" (53).]]> 2019-04-29 19:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194035 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194262 Merricat has a tendency to kill innocent things. This shows her personality because she has no sympathy towards other beings.]]> 2019-04-29 19:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194262 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194325 "'First,' she said, 'she bought the arsenic.' 'To kill rats,' Constance said to the teapot, and then turned and smiled at me," (37).]]> 2019-04-29 19:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194325 alan0509 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194795 "My niece Mary Katherine died in an orphanage, of neglect, during her sister's trial for murder" (93) ]]> 2019-04-29 19:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194795 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194796 Constance doesn't understand poison as well as Merricat does. Because of this, we can figure out that Merricat used the arsenic that Constance purchased. This also made it appear that Constance did the crime, which protects Merricat.]]> 2019-04-29 19:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194796 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194928 "Their tongues will burn, I thought as though they had eaten fire, Their throats will burn when the words come out, and in their bellies they will feel a torment hotter than a thousand fires." (17)]]> 2019-04-29 19:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355194928 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195245 Uncle Julian was covering up for her saying she was dead.  Also, she feels guilt that her sister has to go through trial for the murder she committed.]]> 2019-04-29 20:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195245 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195246 Merricat pictures the villagers and wishes this to happen to them. This is also how her family died, since the poison that Merricat gave them made them go through agony and pain through their throats and mouths.]]> 2019-04-29 20:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195246 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195526 " 'The Amanita phalloides,' I said to him, 'holds three different poisons.'" (72)]]> 2019-04-29 20:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195526 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195640 "Constance looked at me for a minute.  'Miss Wickedness,' she said.  'You wanted him to forget.'" (74)]]> 2019-04-29 20:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195640 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195675 Constance calls Merricat 'Miss Wickedness' because she is the evil one that killed the family. She also says 'you wanted him to forget'. This means that they wanted people to forget that it was Merricat and that Constance would take the blame.]]> 2019-04-29 20:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195675 thor2029 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195770 "I wanted to be kinder to Uncle Julian," (43).]]> 2019-04-29 20:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195770 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195816 "'She was in her room,' Mrs. Wright said. 'A great child of twelve, sent to bed without her supper.'"]]> 2019-04-29 20:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195816 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195895 Merricat killed Uncle Julian's wife and son, in addition to almost killing him. Therefore, she feels compelled to be kinder to him since an important part of his life was taken away from him. This statement is repeated multiple times throughout the book and shows that Merricat feels a sense of guilt for her actions. If she was innocent, she wouldn't be feeling this type of guilt.]]> 2019-04-29 20:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355195895 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355196175 This could be a motive for Merricat to poison her parents' food. She also was safe from the poison because she didn't eat at all. This quote also shows how her parents treated her, strengthening the idea of Merricat having a "motive" to kill her family.]]> 2019-04-29 20:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355196175 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355196234 She has more knowledge about poisons than Constance. It is showing how she uses this knowledge to make people uncomfortable because their family died to poison.]]> 2019-04-29 20:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355196234 https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355197245 2019-04-29 20:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hstankiewicz/yvvpv3vsytb5/wish/355197245