Why I Should
Have Predicted
The Death Of
Clare Kendry
Miscellaneous
Accidental
Foreshadowing
On the snowy walkway
before the party, Brian
comments on Clare's
thin shoes - implying
she could slip
In the stairwell before
the party, Brian
foreshadows Clare
falling
"''Mind," Brian told
Clare, "you don't
fall by the wayside
before the fourth
floor."" (205)
Symbols for
Clare
Cigarette
"One moment Clare had been
there, a vital glowing thing,
like a flame of red and gold"
(209)
Flame, glowing - like the
cigarette
"Irene finished her cigarette and
threw It out, watching the tiny
spark drop slowly down to the
white ground below." (206)
Irene dropped it out
of the window she
had opened
Alludes to Clare
falling out the
same window
Teacup
"I've never figured out a way
of getting rid of It until about
five minutes ago. I had an
inspiration. I had only to break
it, and I was rid of it for ever.
So simple!" (173)
Irene dropped the
cup on the floor
and it smashed
Alludes to Clare
dying when she
lands on the
ground
Irene's Thoughts
About Clare
Irene often wishes
she can just be rid
of Clare forever
"It would be enough to rid her
forever of
Clare Kendry." (181)
"Irene was conscious of a feeling
of relieved thankfulness at the
thought that she was probably rid
of Clare, and without having lifted
a finger or uttered one word." (186)
"Then came a thought
which she tried to
drive away. If Clare
should die!" (187)
Irene Wishes
for March
Irene repeatedly says
how much she wishes for
March to come because it
meant Clare would be
out of her life forever
March was when Clare
was supposed to leave
with her family for
Switzerland
Spring symbolizes new
beginnings
Finale is Set
in Wintertime
Careful emphasis
of window
Weird amount
of detail
""It seems dreadfully warm in here.
Mind if I open this window?"
With that she pushed open one of
the long casement-windows of which
the Freelands were so proud." (206)
Unusual to open
windows in winter
Winter is a symbol for death.
