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Blind Assassin
Miss Violence is Iris and Laura’s tutor (“Miss Violence” is a nickname the girls give her; her real name is Violet Goreham). Because she is fairly old and unmarried, Reenie calls her an “old maid.” She is an emotional, wistful person with romantic notions. The girls come to like her and they’re sad when she leaves.
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Miss Violence Character Timeline in The Blind Assassin
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Chapter 5
...One of their tutors, Miss Violet Goreham, is a 41-year-old woman whom Iris secretly nicknames Miss Violence . Reenie mentions that Miss Violence is an “old maid,” explaining that this means that...
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Miss Violence gives the girls more freedom than the other tutors—for example, by letting Iris pick the...
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After Miss Violence ’s departure, Norval laments that there are gaps in the girls’ education, particularly on more...
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...She worries that if she stays in Port Ticonderoga, she’ll become an “old maid” like Miss Violence .
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