5 The New Dress
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See all →- There is another character mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way his/her reactions help us to understand Rose Shaw looked Mabel up and down and curled her lips sarcastically, as Mabel expected her to do. Mabel also sensed that Rose and everyone... 1
- What was Mabel’s imagination about flies? Mabel felt that we were all like flies trying to climb over the edge of a plate, some crawling slowly with their wings stuck together. To ma... 1
- Discuss different pessimistic thoughts in Mabel’s mind. Mabel felt that all the thrill she had felt in her dress had vanished when she entered Mrs. Dalloway’s drawing room, and her eyes were opene... 1
- There is another character mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way his/ her reactions helpus Mabel told Charles Burt that ‘it’ was old- fashioned, hoping that he would think it was the picture she was talking about, and not her dress... 1
- There is another character mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way his/her reactions When Mrs. Holman asked her questions about Elmthorpe and other things, Mabel was furious to be treated like a house agent or a messenger boy... 1
- There are a few other characters mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way their reactions help us to understand Mabel thought that Charles Burt and Rose Shaw were chatting together by the fireplace and laughing at her. She could not hear them, but this... 1