50 pages 1 hour read

A. S. A. Harrison

The Silent Wife

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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Essay Topics

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How does the third-person narrative demonstrate the limitations of each character’s ability to understand reality? Choose specific moments from the text where those limits become clear.

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How does The Silent Wife build narrative tension after revealing the climax in the first chapter?

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How does the alternating narrative perspective develop the theme of Tension between Perception and Reality?