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Conflicted Relationships In The Blind Assassin

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At first glance, the relationship between protagonist Iris Chase and her sister Laura looks rather normal. However, looking more closely, it is clear that nothing is as it seems. As Robinson says, Iris has a “conflicted relationship with her enigmatic sister”(348) and that the two are “psychologically entangled” (347). The following essay will focus on the relationship, described by Davies as “apparently uneven and lopsided”(1138), between the two sisters and more specifically, how it worsens as the novel progresses. This essay will make the reader look at The Blind Assassin in a different way and notice the tension caused by this conflicted relationship. Laura, was, as Iris put it, “different” (110), which got her a lot of attention from
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