We Have Always Lived in the Castle setting guide
The Village is a grey settlement along Main Street and the highway, marked by shops, houses, a library, and a white town hall. For Merricat, its public paths become a hostile border, where “the people of the village” watch and judge the Blackwoods.
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Why does the Village feel more threatening than a simple collection of streets and shops? As Merricat crosses its “bright, misleading sunshine,” does the setting expose the community’s cruelty, or does her fearful imagination transform ordinary places into a dangerous game where every road, window, and passer-by becomes part of the threat?
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