woman travelling
1) With whom is the woman travelling?
The woman was travelling with her husband as depicted in the line where she mentions of having looked through the opening at her” husband’s” curtains
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2) What does the woman sense about her relationship with her husband?
The woman has a feeling that her close relationship with the husband since they got married was slowly deteriorating as a result of the illness of the husband.
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3) What has changed the couple’s relationship?
The illness of the husband had turned his voice to be very weak to an extent that the wife could not easily hear when he called. This made the husband angry against the wife unlike the case before when their association was always jovial.
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4) What does the woman resent?
The woman was bitter because the illness of her husband seemed to be taking away the confidence and hopes of an exhaustless future she had gained on meeting him and getting married. Don't use plagiarised sources.Get your custom essay just from $11/page
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5) Why did the couple travel to Colorado?
The couple travelled to Colorado for the purposes of experiencing a winter dry climate which would set the husband right according to what the doctors had advised them
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6) Who is the strong one in the relationship?
The husband was the strong one in this relationship. This is in accordance to what the woman narrates of him, as a man whose pleasure was to get a solution whenever he encountered obstructions in life.
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7) Where are they going now? What does the woman expect to happen there?
The two are travelling back home from Colorado. The woman is pessimistic that the husband might die there
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8) How does the husband’s condition change during the journey?
The health condition of the husband changed to be worse than how it was while in Colorado, as depicted by his temperatures in the next day morning, frightening according to the wife.
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9) What happens to the woman’s husband? What does she fear will happen if the train personnel find out?
The woman’s husband dies before they reach their destination. The woman therefore is in fear of the train personnel realizing that the husband had died because they would be forced out of the train in the next station
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10) What does the woman do with the glass of milk?
The woman drank the milk in the glass
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11) What indicates that the woman is in a confused state of mind?
When the porter comes up and asks some questions, she terms them as not understandable but yet she was in a position to answer them because the porter did not repeat them
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12) What does the woman plan to do when the train arrives in New York?
The woman planned to scream when they arrive at New York and the curtains to where the husband will be opened as if she was not aware of the husband’s death before. This is in fear of what would happen if the rest of the people observe that she is not surprised.
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13) What does the woman think she sees through the curtains? Where does it appear again?
The woman thinks she saw her husband’s dead face. The face also appeared close in front of her.
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14) What happens to the woman?
She fell down, with her head striking against the dead man’s head.
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15) Imagine you are the woman in the story and have just been put off the train by the porter because your husband is dead. Write a letter to your family in New York explaining events and describing your regrets.
45 Texas Benito Rd.
Texas, CA 7654
May 11, 2018
Hello Margret!
It’s been long time since I left New York to take my husband for treatment in Colorado, and I wish to inform you that at Colorado everything has been okay in regard to his treatment. First of all, I am really sorry for wasting your time the whole of yesterday waiting for me at the railway station in vain. As I had informed you the day before yesterday evening, we were supposed to leave Colorado the following morning, and truly we did. However, an unexpected happened on our way before we could arrive.
As I had explained to you through the letter I had send that evening, my husband had been discharged before he could fully recover. His condition became worse on our way and unfortunately he passed away on the way. When the train porter realized of the incidence, he forced me out of the train with his body despite of having pleaded with him to allow me reach New York railway station. Right now I am stranded at Hope Funeral Home in Texas where I was taken by a Good Samaritan with his vehicle because the attendants are demanding for nursing fee before I can leave the corpse. I kindly request for any assistance if possible so that I can come out and return home for burial preparations.
I expect a response from you soon so that I can leave this place and embark on preparing for his burial.
Sincerely