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The report, which also blamed high wages and strikes for this moral turpitude, appeared in Blackwoods magazine.
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In the novel's opening, suspenseful chapter, Merricat must make her way from the Blackwood manor house at the edge of the village into town, as the intermediary between the remaining Blackwoods and the outer world:
The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson Oates, Joyce Carol 2009
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Radical change has swept upon the Blackwoods through the agency of Merricat, ironically.
The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson Oates, Joyce Carol 2009
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Now we understand why Constance never accused Merricat of the poisonings or made any attempt to defend herself against accusations that she was the murderer, for in her heart, she was and is the Blackwoods 'murderer, and not Merricat; that is, not only Merricat.
The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson Oates, Joyce Carol 2009
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The blight on the village never came from the Blackwoods; the villagers belonged here and the village was the only proper place for them.
The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson Oates, Joyce Carol 2009
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Indeed when it comes to dropping litter we kicked Blackwoods arse.
Newport wins award. No.1 for litter. FIDO The Dog 2009
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Everyone is a little distant, but it becomes clear that the Blackwoods are pariahs in town.
Archive 2009-11-01 Stephanie 2009
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Even in this pastoral setting Merricat is brought back forcibly to the prejudices of her upbringing: the Blackwoods 'contempt for others.
The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson Oates, Joyce Carol 2009
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Everyone is a little distant, but it becomes clear that the Blackwoods are pariahs in town.
One More RIP Book....We Have Always Lived in the Castle Stephanie 2009
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The animosity of the villagers for the Blackwoods suggests both the priggish racism of Jackson's subtly modulated short story "Flower Garden" — in which a newcomer to a New England village unwisely befriends a resident black man — and the barbaric behavior of the villagers of Jackson's most famous story, "The Lottery," in which a yearly ritual of scapegoating and stoning to death is enacted by lottery.
The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson Oates, Joyce Carol 2009
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