lavinia suspect hallock of cheating her and threatens to leave him.she behaves like a typical wife doe not try to find out the details before taking such an extreme step. Do you think she was justified in taking such a step. what do you learn from her behaviour?
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John Hallock was a ghost story writer. Lavinia, his wife was very angry and felt jealous when the Ouija board showed her husband as a traitor. She thought that John had been cheating on her with a woman named Helen. She suspected him of doing something wrong and hence decided to leave John Hallock and go to her grandmothers home. Helen the ghost was forcing the narrator to convince people to stop using Ouifa boards. But, when his own wife held a ouija party in home, he became scared of the ghosts anger. He knew that if Lavinia saw the ghost she would get scared. But his apprehensions of being protecting his wife proved to be unnecessary. Next morning when Lavinia came to John's room to say good bye she found that he was trying to hide someone in the room. She became more furious. But when she came face to face with Helen, she felt relieved and a contentment spilled over her face on realizing that Helen was just a ghost..
Thus, she got rid of her superstitious belief in ouija boards and told her cook to put them in fire. No doubt her suspicion threatened to destroy their marriage.
Hence trust is the most essential element for sustaining human relationships. In the absence of trust how relationships are threatened can be learnt through the behavior of Lavinia
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