# How does Lolly Willowes develop the theme of The Ordinary vs. the Extraordinary?

> Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

## Answer

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner develops The Ordinary vs. the Extraordinary across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

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.'

## Evidence

- [iii](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/chapters/iii.md): 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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