Coraline

by

Neil Gaiman

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The other Miss Forcible is the other mother’s version of Miss Forcible. Like the other Miss Spink, the other Miss Forcible is, at first glance, a beautiful young woman who is engaged in a never-ending performance that combines Shakespearean soliloquies, circus arts, and magic tricks. Once the other mother becomes angry with Coraline and starts tearing her creations apart, however, Coraline realizes that the other Misses Spink and Forcible are little more than waxy, fleshy blobs who hibernate together in a grotesque egg sac, like that of a female spider.
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The Other Miss Miriam Forcible Character Timeline in Coraline

The timeline below shows where the character The Other Miss Miriam Forcible appears in Coraline. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
The other Miss Spink and the other Miss Forcible appear onstage. They perform a circus routine, and then, as the dogs applaud their antics,... (full context)
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...dog insists that in this world, it’s all they eat. The other Miss Spink and the other Miss Forcible continue performing scenes from Shakespeare. Coraline asks how much longer the performance is, and the... (full context)
Chapter 8
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Coraline decides to look in the other Miss Spink and the other Miss Forcible ’s flat for another soul. When she approaches the door, however, she finds that the... (full context)