Talk:Mary Katherine Blackwood

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Patrick - -The sources look like a good starting points. Can you cite the sources as well? Profhanley (talk) 18:10, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong writing in this article. Moreover, the information was clearly presented. I have never heard of this character, yet I now feel like I have an understanding about who she is. The article is very organized. The only tips I have are minor and grammatical.

In the section “Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood (Character)”, this sentence could use a comma after the word “superstitious”: “Extremely superstitious she exudes mysterious behavior and further shows signs of psychopathic tendencies as her role in We Have Always Lived in the Castle expands.”

In the section for “characterization”, I have a few sentences, so I will just go one by one:

1.) “But her opening words are reflective of the childlike way in which she acts and furthermore, how she is treated by her surviving family members [9]. Yet, her childlike tendencies are overshadowed by a violent nature.”

The first part would probably be grammatically correct if you add a comma after “acts”. Otherwise it is almost a run-on sentence. The second sentence does not need a comma after “Yet”.

2.) “As a result of social rejection, Merricat (along with her family), have become representative of Jackson's agoraphobia.”

You could do one of two changes here:

As a result of social rejection, Merricat and her family have become representative of Jackson's agoraphobia.

As a result of social rejection, Merricat, along with her family, have become representative of Jackson's agoraphobia.

3.) “Angela Slatter quotes The Usual Suspects to describe Merricat: 'The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world her didn't exist."

Very minor, but the first quotation mark should be a “ not a ‘.

4.) “Merricat allures readers by making "us love this strange, broken girl" but upon revealing her true nature with the climax of the novel, she "breaks our hearts”

This one is a run-on sentence. Just add a comma before “but” to make it a compound sentence.

Great work! Scoay (talk) 07:36, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mother's name[edit]

What is the source for giving Merricat's mother's name as Ellen? That name does not appear anywhere in the novel. 2601:C6:4100:F980:50E4:C8EB:9276:880D (talk) 03:40, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]