Shifts in RelationshipsOlivia and Douglas

Olivia &India Wini Henson & HyeJin Roh

Olivia & DouglasHad a strong, loving relationship“I wouldn't’t like to leave him. Four months it

seems an eternity. We haven’t been together so very long” (pg.28)

“As always, he was sitting up very straight; his nose was straight, so was his high fore-head…he was noble and fair” (pg. 14)

Olivia & IndiaOlivia does not so-

cialize in India, and the only contact she has is Douglas and some of his col-leagues

“She had by that time been in Satipur for several months and was already be-ginning to get bored” (pg.12)

Olivia & DouglasTheir relationship grows farther and farther

apart as their time in India increases. The rela-tionship deteriorates gradually, not suddenly.

“Olivia had still not told Douglas about the Nawab’s picnic” (pg. 49)

Olivia and IndiaThe relationship between Olivia and India

grows as she spends more time thereThis is because she meets people that she

can socialize with, such as the Nawab and Harry.

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Who or What is Responsible For These Changes?Olivia is all alone in India with no other

friends, so she seeks companionship with the Nawab and Harry, both of which Douglas do not like.

Douglas is constantly at work, and Olivia doesn’t have anything else to do other than socializing with the Nawab and Harry.

Are the relationships disintegrating or improving?

The relationship between Olivia and Douglas is disintegrating over time because she starts having an affair with the Nawab when she cannot get pregnant with Douglas’s child.