"Dimensions" - Alice Munro's short story deals with triple infanticide. Father's act of killing his offspring and mother's sense of guilt over the act form the core of the short story. Killing and getting away with it is not uncommon but the way the father takes this act is beyond comprehension. In the garb of insanity one has put his ruthlessness on the innocent lives is unpalatable.Nonetheless there is no reason a sane person can act in such a way that too on innocent lives. The argument he puts in still baffles the readers. Rescuing his children from the grip of their mother's vicious plot of killing them is the argument put forth by the father as suggested in the story for the killing of his children.
The plot of this story is pivoted around Doree, who is at the receiving end. A woman of twenty three years old, she had undergone a traumatising experience, however subdued by the narration. The psychological scattering of her embedded thoughts makes a sense by the way of bringing an unknown boy back to life.
Lloyd, Doree's husband has committed a criminal blunder of killing his children in the absence of Doree. It was Lloyd who had chided Doree for buying a dented tin of spaghetti. He accused Doree of poisoning his children by buying the dented spaghetti. Ironically he has killed his children without any profound reason. The act of his was categorized as, 'criminally insane' and he was confined to a rehabilitation facility. This incident got wide publicity in the print media with their family photograph. Doree got counselled by Mrs. Sands and gradually recovers from the disturbance caused by the incident.
The story begins with Doree's journey towards London to meet her husband. In between the journey, the act and its aftermath and its psychological repercussions on Doree is presented in a realistic manner by the author.
The plot of this story is pivoted around Doree, who is at the receiving end. A woman of twenty three years old, she had undergone a traumatising experience, however subdued by the narration. The psychological scattering of her embedded thoughts makes a sense by the way of bringing an unknown boy back to life.
Lloyd, Doree's husband has committed a criminal blunder of killing his children in the absence of Doree. It was Lloyd who had chided Doree for buying a dented tin of spaghetti. He accused Doree of poisoning his children by buying the dented spaghetti. Ironically he has killed his children without any profound reason. The act of his was categorized as, 'criminally insane' and he was confined to a rehabilitation facility. This incident got wide publicity in the print media with their family photograph. Doree got counselled by Mrs. Sands and gradually recovers from the disturbance caused by the incident.
The story begins with Doree's journey towards London to meet her husband. In between the journey, the act and its aftermath and its psychological repercussions on Doree is presented in a realistic manner by the author.
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