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Isolation by Rathan and Srinivas 
Merricat
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Quote:
"Helen Clarke went on, “It’s spring, you’re young, you’re lovely, you have a right to be happy. Come back into the world.”
-Chapter 2
Analysis: Helen Clarke clearly elaborates on Merricat's lack of social interactions. She does this by comparing her to the average "young" girl and how they should "come back into the world" and showering her with compliments such as "you're lovely"
Uncle Julian
“It could be said that there is danger everywhere,” Uncle Julian said. “Danger of poison, certainly. My niece can tell you of the most unlikely perils—garden plants more deadly than snakes and simple herbs that slash like knives through the lining of your belly, madam. My niece—” - Chapter 2
Uncle Julian showed signs of paranoia and this was all due to the arsenic poisoning which he nearly died from. This links back to the main theme of isolation where Uncle Julian's false sense of reality makes him believe that danger lies everywhere and because of this, he chose to stay in the blackwood house and not go to the village.
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Constance
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Explanation - This quote shows how Constance does not leave the house and she is telling Merricat about how far she has came today. This gave the audience an indication that Constance stays at home because everyone in the village thinks she is guilty for the arsenic poisoning. This shows the theme of isolation as Constance stays at the blackwoods and does not leave the residence to communicate with anyone else.
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Definition of Isolation
Isolation is when you are in a location where you are separated from each other and cannot communicate with other people.
In we have always lived in the castle, Isolation is predominantly shown in the blackwood family where they are all separated from the village and are inside their own bubble which consists of their family members and other well known members. They people living in the blackwoods just stay inside their residence and do not leave the house. This satisfies the definition of isolation as they are separating themselves from other people who they are not familiar with.
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An example of social isolation (figuratively): “We should have faced the world and tried to live normal lives; Uncle Julian should have been in a hospital all these years, with good care and nurses to watch him. We should have been living like other people. You should...” She stopped, and waved her hands helplessly. “You should have boy friends,” she said finally, and then began to laugh because she sounded funny even to herself. In this passage, Constance quips and enlightens us that this family is strange and socially distant towards the general citizen. an example of this is when Constance complains that they "should have been living like other people" -Chapter 6
An example of physical isolation (literal)
Chapter 2: "on the gate was a sign saying PRIVATE NO TRESPASSING and no one could go past that....Our mother disliked the idea of anyone who wanted to walking past our front door, and when our father brought her to live in the Blackwood house, one of the first things he had to do was close off the path and fence in the entire Blackwood property" - This literally suggests that the Blackwoods' residence is secluded from society as they have a "NO TRESPASSING" sign
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