What Is The Conflict In The Woman In White
Kevin Jaiwant
Ms. Mot – 4th Block Honors Lit
Summer Reading Assignment- Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
I. Conflict
a. The identities of Laura and Anne have been switched
i. Laura is mistakenly trapped in the asylum. Anne has died. ii. Anne was to reveal a deadly secret to Marian before she died, but could not. Walter and Marian will have to find out about this secret by themselves.
b. Sir Percial Gloyde burned all the evidence that conceals Laura’s identity.
i. Percival dies in the fire along with it by accident. He does not live to testify about Laura’s identity. ii. Walter cannot find a way to get Laura’s identity back. There is one more deadly secret to be revealed about Fosco, the Italian count, and how it could maybe help Walter to regain Laura’s identity. …show more content…
II. Rising Action
a.
Walter Hartright meets the woman in white, whose name is Anne Catherick.
i. Walter finds out that Anne has escaped from an asylum ii. The woman in white disappears
b. Walter teaches art to 2 students, Marian and Laura. He likes Laura, only to be found she is engaged to a baronet, named Sir Percival Glyde.
i. The woman in white appears suddenly and warns Laura that evil would come to her if she married the baronet. ii. Laura, her husband (Percival), and Marian move into Percival’s house. An Italian count, Fosco, and his wife live there.
III. Climax
a. Anne (the woman in white) reappears and tells Marian that she would tell her a secret about the baronet (Percival).
i. Marian becomes very sick and Anne disappears, and cannot tell Marian the secret yet. ii. When Marican recovers, she is told that Laura is dead
b. Percival and Fosco have switched Anne’s identity and Laura’s identity to make it look like Laura was dead, so that Sir Percival could get the rich girl’s (Laura’s) money, as her husband.
i. Anne was really the one who has died ii. Laura was being held at the asylum.
IV. Falling Action
a. Marian rescues Laura from the asylum
i. Walter returns and somehow, Laura, Marian, and himself are back
together. ii. Walter is determined to get Laura’s identity back and get revenge against the count (Fosco) and Sir Percival.
b. Sir Percival is found to be a “false person”.
i. The evil baronet (Percival) burns the evidence that has the truth about Laura’s identity. ii. Percival dies in the fire that burned the evidence.
V. Resolution
a. Walter finds out Fosco has a secret
i. Fosco is forced to give Walter to evidence to help him get Laura’s identity back. ii. Fosco leaves the country and is later found out to be murdered.
b. Walter succeeds in regaining Laura’s identity
i. Because Laura’s husband, Sir Percival Glyde, has died, Laura and Walter can, and do, marry. ii. Walter, his wife (Laura), and Marian finally move back into the Limmeridge house.
Ms. Mot – 4th Block Honors Lit
Summer Reading Assignment- Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
I. Conflict
a. The identities of Laura and Anne have been switched
i. Laura is mistakenly trapped in the asylum. Anne has died. ii. Anne was to reveal a deadly secret to Marian before she died, but could not. Walter and Marian will have to find out about this secret by themselves.
b. Sir Percial Gloyde burned all the evidence that conceals Laura’s identity.
i. Percival dies in the fire along with it by accident. He does not live to testify about Laura’s identity. ii. Walter cannot find a way to get Laura’s identity back. There is one more deadly secret to be revealed about Fosco, the Italian count, and how it could maybe help Walter to regain Laura’s identity. …show more content…
II. Rising Action
a.
Walter Hartright meets the woman in white, whose name is Anne Catherick.
i. Walter finds out that Anne has escaped from an asylum ii. The woman in white disappears
b. Walter teaches art to 2 students, Marian and Laura. He likes Laura, only to be found she is engaged to a baronet, named Sir Percival Glyde.
i. The woman in white appears suddenly and warns Laura that evil would come to her if she married the baronet. ii. Laura, her husband (Percival), and Marian move into Percival’s house. An Italian count, Fosco, and his wife live there.
III. Climax
a. Anne (the woman in white) reappears and tells Marian that she would tell her a secret about the baronet (Percival).
i. Marian becomes very sick and Anne disappears, and cannot tell Marian the secret yet. ii. When Marican recovers, she is told that Laura is dead
b. Percival and Fosco have switched Anne’s identity and Laura’s identity to make it look like Laura was dead, so that Sir Percival could get the rich girl’s (Laura’s) money, as her husband.
i. Anne was really the one who has died ii. Laura was being held at the asylum.
IV. Falling Action
a. Marian rescues Laura from the asylum
i. Walter returns and somehow, Laura, Marian, and himself are back
together. ii. Walter is determined to get Laura’s identity back and get revenge against the count (Fosco) and Sir Percival.
b. Sir Percival is found to be a “false person”.
i. The evil baronet (Percival) burns the evidence that has the truth about Laura’s identity. ii. Percival dies in the fire that burned the evidence.
V. Resolution
a. Walter finds out Fosco has a secret
i. Fosco is forced to give Walter to evidence to help him get Laura’s identity back. ii. Fosco leaves the country and is later found out to be murdered.
b. Walter succeeds in regaining Laura’s identity
i. Because Laura’s husband, Sir Percival Glyde, has died, Laura and Walter can, and do, marry. ii. Walter, his wife (Laura), and Marian finally move back into the Limmeridge house.