Var fröken Trunchbull en mördare?
She used cruel punishments on the students in her school. She kept Miss Honey in slavery throughout most of her childhood, forcing her to do all the housework. When Miss Honey has grown up, Miss Trunchbull stole her wages, and borrowed her inheritence.
Men boken föreslår en mer möjlig brottslighet för att toppa detta.
[…] Miss Honey said, hesitating, “You see, no one could believe that he [Miss Trunchbull's brother-in-law, Magnus] would ever have done it. He was such a very sane and sensible man.”
“Done what?” Matilda asked.
“Killed himself.”
Matilda was stunned. “Did he?” she gasped.
“That's what it looked like,” Miss Honey said. “But who knows?” She shrugged and turned away and stared out of the tiny window.
“I know what you're thinking,” Matilda said. “You're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he'd done it himself.”
“I am not thinking anything,” Miss Honey said. “One must never think things like that without proof.”
Finns vi någonsin, från romanen eller från andra källor, om Fröken Trunchbull verkligen har dödat sin svåger?
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Ja.
Enligt denna artikel i Time Out Magazine bekräftade Roald Dahls änka uttryckligen att Fröken Trunchbull var en mördare. Den tydliga implikationen är att hon verkligen dödade Magnus.
‘In the first draft, I probably enjoyed Miss Trunchbull too much. Roald Dahl’s widow was really supportive, but she said “You must remember Miss Trunchbull is a murderer.” She was right – you’ve got to keep a bit of darkness there. I wasn’t sure about having a man play Miss Trunchbull in case she wouldn’t feel genuinely scary. But when I saw a bloke playing her in workshops, I was converted.
Även om jag inte kan hitta en direktkälla från boken för att säkerhetskopiera detta, lämnar vi lite tvivel. När Matilda gör kritskrivet, är Miss Trunchbull initialt chockad men inte faktiskt skräck. Det är bara när "Magnus" gör specifika påståenden (" Jag kommer få dig som att du fick mig ") att hon kollapsar i rädsla.
"What the blazes is this?" yelled the Trunchbull. It had shaken her to see her own first name being written like that by an invisible hand. She dropped Wilfred on to the floor. Then she yelled at nobody in particular, ''Who's doing this? Who's writing it? The chalk continued to write.
Everyone in the place heard the gasp that came from the Trunchbull's throat. "No!" she cried, "It can't be! It can't be Magnus!"
Miss Honey, at the side of the room glanced swiftly at Matilda. The child was sitting very straight at her desk, the head held high, the mouth compressed, the eyes glittering like two stars.
For some reason everyone now looked at the Trunchbull. The woman's face had turned white as snow and her mouth was opening and shutting like a halibut out of water and giving out a series of strangled gasps.
The chalk stopped writing. It hovered for a few moments, then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two.
Wilfred, who had managed to resume his seat in the front row, screamed, "Miss Trunchbull has fallen down! Miss Trunchbull is on the floor!"
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