![]() Is there a specific moment when they begin to grow apart, or is it a gradual process? Is one more at fault than the other?Ħ. Chart the unraveling of Dirk and Ariah's relationship. In the days before Gilbert's body is recovered, Ariah "refused to behave as others wished her to behave." In what others ways throughout the story does she defy society's conventions and her family's expectations?ĥ. What attracts Dirk to Ariah when he meets her during her seven-day vigil at The Falls? If they had met under different circumstances would Dirk have fallen in love with her?Ĥ. How do the physical and psychological circumstances of her first marriage echo throughout her marriage to Dirk?ģ. Ariah is deeply impacted by her brief marriage to Gilbert - their lack of love for one another, their disastrous wedding night, his suicide. ![]() Compare Ariah's respective relationships with Gilbert and Dirk, and her reasons for marrying each man.Ģ. ![]()
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