Ethel Wilsons Mood in "Hurry Hurry"
Ethel Wilson's "Hurry Hurry" is about a man who murdered a woman on a what used to be peaceful, quiet and innocent island. The mood she starts with in "Hurry Hurry" is peaceful at first, to help the reader picture the island as Miriam sees it, then it gradually turns into a tense and scary mood. Ethel shows this through the structure of her sentances such as the the point of veiw and the repitition of words or descriptions , the imagery of her writing, and the setting of the peaceful island.

The setting of "Hurry Hurry" sets the mood because of its original descriptions compared to its descriptions later on in the short story. Ethel starts off the story describing the mountains. She describes them from a distance as "innocently folded in furry white" and describing the sky as "clear spring sky". This sets the mood that the setting is calm and peaceful. Later in the story Ethel begins to alter the way she is describing the setting of the......

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Title: Ethel Wilsons Mood In Hurry Hurry
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