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13 days ago
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Reread lines 88-100 what transformation has taken place? What assumptions had you made about the characters that had to be chang

ed? Support your answer with explicit textual evidence
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Leya [6.5K]13 days ago
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The husband's transformation into a beast similar to a werewolf results from the family's cursed lineage. I presumed he would undergo a change into a pale creature with a substantial physique, inferred from the description: "He was white all over then, like a worm’s skin. As he turned his face, it became flatter, the mouth wide and flat with dull, grinning teeth and a fleshy nose, all while his eyes faded to blue with white rings staring out from that soft, pallid countenance."
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