# What The Ordinary vs. the Extraordinary means in Lolly Willowes

> The narrative juxtaposes the mundane routines of domestic life—shopping, family visits, household management—with Laura's extraordinary inner world and eventual supernatural pact, suggesting that true liberation lies beyond conventional reality.

## Explanation

The narrative juxtaposes the mundane routines of domestic life—shopping, family visits, household management—with Laura's extraordinary inner world and eventual supernatural pact, suggesting that true liberation lies beyond conventional reality.

Laura contrasts the mundane existence of women with the extraordinary, dangerous potential of witchcraft, which makes them feel 'incalculable' and 'extraordinary.'

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