Across
- 4. the reflective object symbolizing self-recognition and loss
- 8. the unsettling awareness that she may no longer be the same person
- 10. the small object the man gives Clara, hinting at possession
- 12. the substance that clouds Clara’s mind during the procedure
- 14. the physical and emotional suffering that overwhelms Clara
- 18. the possible explanation for the eerie events on the bus
- 19. York the city where Clara undergoes her strange journey
- 20. Clara’s attempt to flee her painful and monotonous life
Down
- 1. the mental state dominating Clara after the extraction
- 2. the emotion underlying Clara’s encounters and transformation
- 3. the surreal experience blurring reality after Clara’s operation
- 5. the theme explored through Clara’s disorientation and loss of self
- 6. the aching object that drives the entire story’s events
- 7. the unsettling man who seems to know Clara intimately
- 9. the professional who removes Clara’s tooth in the city
- 11. the feeling that isolates Clara even in crowded places
- 13. the use of physical objects to suggest psychological change
- 15. the weary protagonist traveling to the city for dental surgery
- 16. the setting where Clara meets the mysterious man
- 17. the moment Clara senses a shift in her identity