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The hinge of the chapter — the moment Marilla's resolve to be rid of Anne actually breaks. The passage holds five vocabulary words and shows a careful writer doing what young writers are learning: putting a feeling inside an image (a face, a trap) instead of stating it.
Marilla looked at Anne and softened at the sight of the child’s pale face with its look of mute misery—the misery of a helpless little creature who finds itself once more caught in the trap from which...
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Narration Prompt
Tell the story of the visit to Mrs. Spencer's house, the meeting with Mrs. Blewett, and what Marilla and Matthew decide once they are home at Green Gables.
Discussion Questions
- Mrs. Spencer calls Mrs. Blewett's arrival 'positively Providential.' What in the story shows you that Marilla does not see Mrs. Blewett's arrival as a piece of good fortune?
- Anne sits mutely on the ottoman with her hands clasped tightly in her lap, staring at Mrs. Blewett. What does this picture of Anne's body tell you about what she is feeling but cannot say out loud?
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Item 1
Became gentler in feeling or attitude.
Item 2
Great unhappiness or suffering.
Item 3
Unable to defend oneself or act on one's own behalf.
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