Silence

• Silence


  What is left uncommunicated between characters
• Silence


  • Product of a repressive Victorian society which champions repression over honesty
• Form of the novella

  • Exemplifies the theme of silence
  • Most information is revealed in documents and not through the main narrative characters
  • Most revelations are in the last two chapters rather than through conversations
• Mr Enfield


  • "the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask"
• "Queer Street"


  Facing difficulty of some form, usually financial
• Mr Enfield


  • Chastises his "long tongue"
• Whilst many characters claim to avoid gossiping and prying into other people's business they will do so anyway, especially in the presence of people they trust