Therese Raquin - Notes on Chapters 19 and 20

CHAPTER 19
T&L manipulate MR and Thurs. Guests into proposing their marriage.
Every character is Selfish and egocentric.
MR worries about T dying, not because of T's life but because she doesn't want to be left alone.
T&L 'work' to manipulate MR and Thursdays guests so they can be reunited.
Thurs guests want to keep coming, the death of T would probably bring this to an end.
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The death of C wounded both MR and L.
L with the scar and MR with a "wound within her that had never stopped bleeding since C's death"
MR believes T is wounded as well. We can see the plan commencing to work.
After speaking with Michaud she starts to realize that T needs a husband. Even though this means the forgetting of C and therefore his 2nd death. She has no problem with this since it would bring her happiness in the end as T wouldn't die.
MR says that if this goes on it would be like ETERNAL MISERY.
She would have T but she is like a PLANT. Just like not having her there.
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