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Wilkie CollinsThe Woman in White
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
In The Woman in White, Collins often creates characters that act as doubles. Choose one of the sets of doubles represented in The Woman in White and explore the role that doubles play in this novel. Discuss how and why Collins might have utilized this device to deepen thematic meaning.
Analyze the ways in which the supernatural interacts with the realistic elements of the plot of the novel. How does the use of the supernatural complicate the meaning of the novel? Use textual evidence to support your argument.
Discuss Collins’s exploration of justice and its limits in the novel. How does he illustrate and emphasize this theme?
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