The Woman In White Play Answers

The Woman in White

Stage 6

activities answers

Before Reading
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before reADing Activities (pAge 108)
Activity 1 before reading

Open answers. Encourage discussion.

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Activity 2 before reading

Several answers are possible for each gap. Suggestions:
In thrillers of this kind, the mystery is usually solved in the end, though often in an unexpected way. The good characters have to struggle against the forces of evil, but they learn from their mistakes, and usually live happily ever after. The wicked characters, who are sometimes more interesting than the good ones, rarely succeed in their aims and are often punished by death or imprisonment.

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before reADing pArt three (chApters 9 to 15)

Encourage students
These are suggested responses.
Count FosCo: I have it, Percival – the perfect plan!
Within a few weeks you will be a widower, and able to pay all your debts! sir PerCival: If you’re talking about my wife’s death, forget it!
Count FosCo: Ah, but suppose it isn’t actually your wife who dies, but another woman in her place. sir PerCival: Another woman? What are you talking about? Count FosCo: Anne Catherick. If she changed places with your wife, who would tell the difference? You say that they are very alike. sir PerCival: Yes, they do look very similar. But how the devil are you going to get them to change places?
Count FosCo: We can do it at my house in London.
We need to persuade Lady Glyde to spend a night there on her way to Limmeridge. sir PerCival: But you haven’t got a house in
London. And why should my wife want to go to
Limmeridge?
Count FosCo: A house in London can easily be arranged. And if we deceived your wife into believing that Marian Halcombe had gone to
Limmeridge, would she not want to follow her at once? She and Marian are very close. sir PerCival: Ah, Marian . . . yes, I see. So, you get
Lady Glyde to London. What happens
2 Mr Kyrle to Marian Halcombe
. . . as I was very puzzled (worried) yesterday to receive a letter addressed to me – I recognized your hand-writing on the envelope – which contained nothing but a plain piece of paper without a word on it. I do hope there is nothing wrong, and I look forward to hearing from you again in the very near future . . .
3 Madame Fosco to Mrs Michelson
. . . I write to you with some very sad news about my niece. She was taken seriously ill when she arrived at our house in London, and she died the next day, very suddenly. It has been a great shock for everybody. Please break the news as gently as you can to her sister, who must still be very weak from her illness-.-.-.
4 Marian Halcombe to Mr Fairlie
. . . I fear the situation between her and Sir Percival is getting worse day by day. Laura really needs to escape from him, and you must (should) write to invite her to Limmeridge. It is very important that you do this without delay, as I am afraid (sure) something terrible will happen if Laura does not leave here soon . . .
5 Sir Percival to Count Fosco
Blackwater Park, 25th July. Everything has gone according to plan. Lady Glyde insists on following her sister to her uncle’s house, and will be taking