On “The Meek One” (or “The Gentle Creature”)
1.Why does "Meek one" narrator propose to the girl?
2. Why does she accept the proposal so strangely?
3. Why is the husband silent and cold towards her?
4. How does she respond to his coldness?
5. What forms does her rebellion take?
6. Why does he want to demonstrate his power over her?
7. How does he achieve this demonstration?
8. How does she respond to his demonstration?
9. Near the end of ch. IV, he says, "That exquisite creature, that meek one, that heaven--she was a tyrant, she was the insufferable tyrant and torture of my soul!" What does he mean?
10. How does he realize that she has "forgotten" him? What does he mean?
11. How does he respond to this realization? Why? Is his change authentic?
12. Why does she take her life?