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There Is Confusion · Chapter
Epigraph explained
The epigraph presents a quote from Tennyson that sets a tone of profound suffering and compounding troubles, foreshadowing the emotional and social conflicts to come in the novel.
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The epigraph presents a quote from Tennyson that sets a tone of profound suffering and compounding troubles, foreshadowing the emotional and social conflicts to come in the novel.
Key passages
“There is confusion worse than death, Trouble on trouble; pain on pain—”
There is a state of disarray more terrible than dying, with one calamity and agony following another.
The epigraph from Tennyson's work encapsulates the novel's themes of escalating hardship and emotional turmoil.