The Bath

by

Janet Frame

Teachers and parents! Our Teacher Edition on The Bath makes teaching easy.

The Parents Character Analysis

The woman’s parents are buried in the same cemetery as her husband. They have a large grave because they were buried back when the cemetery had more space, and their tombstone is elaborate, indicating their wealth. They are not mentioned in the story until the woman stops by their grave on her way home, but the widow feels fondly towards them and is grateful for their comfortable grave. Standing by their grave gives the woman a sensation of peace that she does not feel at any other point in the story.

The Parents Quotes in The Bath

The The Bath quotes below are all either spoken by The Parents or refer to The Parents. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Loneliness and Death Theme Icon
).
The Bath Quotes

There were no flowers on the grave, only the feathery sea-grass soft to the touch, lit with gold in the sun. There was no sound but the sound of the sea and the one row of fir trees on the brow of the hill. She felt the peace inside her; the nightmare of the evening before seemed far away, seemed not to have happened; the senseless terrifying struggle to get out of a bath!

Related Characters: The Woman, The Parents
Page Number: 321
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire The Bath LitChart as a printable PDF.
The Bath PDF

The Parents Quotes in The Bath

The The Bath quotes below are all either spoken by The Parents or refer to The Parents. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Loneliness and Death Theme Icon
).
The Bath Quotes

There were no flowers on the grave, only the feathery sea-grass soft to the touch, lit with gold in the sun. There was no sound but the sound of the sea and the one row of fir trees on the brow of the hill. She felt the peace inside her; the nightmare of the evening before seemed far away, seemed not to have happened; the senseless terrifying struggle to get out of a bath!

Related Characters: The Woman, The Parents
Page Number: 321
Explanation and Analysis: