The Darkness Out There Themes

The Darkness Out There Themes

1. Light and Darkness

   • "The darkness was.. a part of you and you would never be without it, ever."
   • "The dark slab of trees."
   • "It was all right out here in the sunshine."

2. Stereotyping

3. Past and Future

   • Sandra
     • Hopes and dreams for the future
       • "One day."
         • Two word paragraph stands out and highlights the importance of her dreams about her future
       • "She would go to places like on travel brochures... she would fall in love."
         • Idealised ideas about her future
           • Naive and innocent about the 'darkness' in human nature
             • Thinks about life like it's a fairytale- links to stereotypical views towards the characters and Packer's end.
   • Mrs Rutter
     • Lives in the past/trapped in time
       • "Good riddance to bad rubbish."
         • Still feels no remorse- still bitter about husband's death
         • Still has the same views that people did during the war, stuck in the past
       • "I came here as a young married woman... I never had any children."
         • She lives in the past- her life stopped when her husband died
         • Has regrets about her life- never got a chance to have children

4. The deception of appearances

   • Final line summarises theme
     • "a world... in which flowers sparkle and birds sing but everything is not as it appears, oh no."
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