ENGL 222 Lecture : ENGL 222 Bird in the House Notes Feb 1
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Locational identity proximal and distal (influence: further away = less influence on vanessa. Individual family community city province usa canada. Noreen talking to the table superstitious thing (not either/or, most likely, both: i don"t want to do it anymore vanessa is reacting to the fabricated nature of it, the falsity. I was petrified - at the bird in the house: vanessa is revolted by the sight of this bird trapped in the house. Idea of being trapped revolts her, moving from civilized freedom to cloister. Anybody would want to go in the other direction. She feels cloistered or suffocated by the rules / ambiance of this monument. Maybe she sees her natural place outside the house / outside this community. After her father dies, vanessa lashes out at noreen: prophecy of bird in the house = death in the house.
