“I wished they were dead… I was never sorry when I had thoughts like this I only wished they would come true.” Merricat, page 12Īppearing early in the novel, this line is an introduction to Merricat’s dark interior monologue and the frequent death wishes she places on others. Merricat’s affection for the creepy werewolf and poisonous mushrooms, along with Richard Plantagenet (a rumored poisoner himself) is an early hint that she is the killer, not Constance. Her childish nature is underlined by her simple statements and dislike for “washing myself,” as well as the chilling nonchalance with which she speaks of the death of her family. Her age, 18, is significant since she oftens acts younger, and is also sometimes treated as younger by Constance and Charles. The masterful first paragraph of We Have Always Lived in the Castle introduces the reader to Merricat by showing what she values. Everyone else in my family is dead.” Merricat, page 1 I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance.
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