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What Is The Theme Of Isolation In The Painted Door
In the story, “The Painted Door” written by Sinclair Ross, the readers can empathise with Ann, the main character and the wife of John. Ann despite her adulterous act with her husband’s friend Steven, whom he considers a confidant. The setting of the story is described as "long white miles of prairie landscape seemed a region strangely alien to life"(Ross 227). Although there were signs of life and farmsteads from distant, it served only to "intensify a sense of isolation" (Ross 227). The landscape and the weather embody Ann's emotional state. She feels extremely desolate and barren just like the weather and the prairie. As Ann feels very isolated and lonely, her husband is never there for her because of work; “Pay no attention to me, Seven
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