Isolation and Alienation

Where it surfaces

• Epigraph

  The epigraph advises avoiding proximity to corruption, suggesting a need for separation from harmful influences.

• The Return

  Lawford's inability to convince Sheila of his identity deepens his alienation.

• I

  Lawford feels detached from his wife and his former life, wandering alone in the churchyard and later locked in his room.

• Chapter II

  Lawford feels utterly alone as Sheila disbelieves him and he is locked in his room.

• IV

  Lawford sits alone in a locked room, feeling the emptiness of the well-furnished space and the complete separation from his former life.

• VI

  Lawford feels cut off from his past and family, wandering alone on the common and contemplating flight.

• VII

  Lawford feels alienated from his family, especially after Alice's fearful reaction.

• Chapter VIII

  Lawford feels trapped in his room and longs for solitude in the graveyard, alienated from his family and his former self.

• IX

  Lawford feels more at home among the dead than among the living; Sabathier is described as a stranger kept out by the community.

• Chapter X

  Lawford feels isolated by his condition and alienated from his wife and friends, who treat him with suspicion or pity.

• XI

  Lawford feels isolated from his family, especially Alice, and is alienated by his own appearance and the disbelief of others.

• XIII

  Lawford feels profoundly alone and afraid, but finds a momentary connection with Grisel who understands his fear.

• XV

  Lawford is left alone in the house after his family and servants flee, and he experiences profound isolation, both physically and psychologically.

• XVI

  Lawford feels 'friendless and foreboding ennui' in his solitude, and describes himself as an 'outcast from decent society.'

• Chapter XVII

  Lawford feels detached and weary, describing his body as an 'old grinning tenement' and struggling to connect with others' perceptions of his change.

• XVIII

  Lawford feels estranged from his former self and from others, struggling to articulate his experience and find a place.

• XIX

  Lawford feels like a stranger in his own home, and the empty house mirrors his inner desolation.

• Chapter XX

  Lawford feels profoundly alone, even among friends, as his mind drifts into inaccessible memories.

• Chapter XXI

  Lawford feels like an outcast and a felon, mocked by the world and unable to return to his former life.

• XXII

  Lawford's hidden presence and his feeling of being trapped in a 'poor play' underscore his alienation from his own life and family.

• XXIII

  Lawford's profound sense of loneliness and detachment from reality is central, as he sits in the dark and feels like a spectator in his own life.