Group Work– Dilsey

We have the feeling that Dilsey was judging all the time. She was wearing “stiff black straw hat” and “a maroon velvet cape with a border of mangy and anonymous fur.” But when she opened the door, she stood there for a while, which shows that she was not pleased with the weather, not satisfying what she wanted. The hat shows the importance of the event that she was trying to attend. Moreover, the descriptions of her “fallen” and “gauntly” breast shows the unsatisfactory of herself too. Next, the author uses “indomitable skeleton” and “collapsed face” to make the contrast that she was different from normal people. Furthermore, the author uses words such as “fatalistic” and “child’s astonished disappointment” to display the judging mind of her, and the next sentence of “turned and entered the house” better explained what she have judged.