Can you feel compassion for The Woman In Black?

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Can you feel compassion for The Woman In Black?

Throughout the book the woman in black is portrayed with an image of evilness. All of the terrible things she did, all the children that died and all of the coincidental things that happened when she was around.

        Mr Kipps was tormented I think from the very beginning of his adventure, at Mrs Drablow’s funeral. In the sixth chapter ‘ THE SOUND OF A PONY AND TRAP ‘ Mr Kipps hears the sound of a screaming child drowned in the marsh with a pony and trap. While he was fully aware what was going in he was helpless against the woman in black’s evil powers. Also in the chapter ‘ in the nursery ‘ Kipps once again is confused when the nursery looks almost as if it had just been used as all of the toys and clothes were set out. It was not until the chapter ‘ a packet of letters ‘ when Mr Kipps realised that the woman in black was not all about evil, but about longing and revenge.

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In this chapter we learn of a lady named Jennet who inevitably had to give her child up for adoption. She could not afford to give him the upbringing he deserved and so had to give him to a wealthy woman who could look after him well. It was unfortunate that the woman happened to be Mrs Drablow, Jennet’s sister.

Jennet was allowed to visit her son, but it just wasn’t the same. Having her own child growing up with ought really knowing her must have torn her apart.

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