The Dressmaker

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Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33

Themes

All Themes Transformation, Illusion, and Truth Vengeance and Suffering Secrets, Hypocrisy, and Conformity Memories, Progress, and the Past Healing, Medicine, and Power

Characters

All Characters Tilly Dunnage Molly Dunnage Teddy McSwiney Sergeant Farrat Evan Pettyman Gertrude Pratt William Beaumont Marigold Pettyman Stewart Pettyman Irma Almanac Mr. Almanac Elsbeth Beaumont Mona Beaumont Beula Harridene Una Pleasance Lesley Muncan Barney McSwiney Edward McSwiney Mae McSwiney Muriel Pratt Alvin Pratt Nancy Pickett Lois Pickett Bobby Pickett Ruth Dimm Prudence Dimm Purl Bundle Faith O’Brien Hamish O’Brien

Terms

All Terms Sorghum Dressage Eisteddfod

Symbols

All Symbols Fabric Plants and Herbs Football Pitch

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dramatic Irony Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Satire Setting Similes Style Tone

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis Summary

All Themes
Transformation, Illusion, and Truth
Vengeance and Suffering
Secrets, Hypocrisy, and Conformity
Memories, Progress, and the Past
Healing, Medicine, and Power

All Characters
Tilly Dunnage
Molly Dunnage
Teddy McSwiney
Sergeant Farrat
Evan Pettyman
Gertrude Pratt
William Beaumont
Marigold Pettyman
Stewart Pettyman
Irma Almanac
Mr. Almanac
Elsbeth Beaumont
Mona Beaumont
Beula Harridene
Una Pleasance
Lesley Muncan
Barney McSwiney
Edward McSwiney
Mae McSwiney
Muriel Pratt
Alvin Pratt
Nancy Pickett
Lois Pickett
Bobby Pickett
Ruth Dimm
Prudence Dimm
Purl Bundle
Faith O’Brien
Hamish O’Brien

All Terms
Sorghum
Dressage
Eisteddfod

All Symbols
Fabric
Plants and Herbs
Football Pitch

All Literary Devices
Alliteration
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone

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