Versimilitude
food - roast beef, sausages
hot water
Whigs and Tories - political groups
Theme
putting disagreements behind you
forgiving others
don't be jealous of others
Mr. Hodgson - characterization
he's not happy with where he is in his life
he wants to be more than he is but he can't
he is always looking for something better
Mrs. Jenkins - characterization
wants a baby of her own more than anything
jealous of Hodgson's baby
Mrs. Mary Hodgson
Keeps things to herself; very closed off
Keeps emotions to herself
Mr. Jenkins
People should stick with their roles
Assumes people do what they're meant to do
Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Cat eating the sausages
Two families that are exactly the opposite living together
Mood
Tension/Hostility
Suspense
Peace
Resentment
Setting
Anywhere anytime
Period
Victorian
Epiphany
what Mrs.H did to the cat and when Mrs.J wasn't going to give the water
Symbolism
Food- brings people together
Type of Narrator
3rd person Omniscient
Author
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
