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She does not think herself clever, or much out of the ordinary.

Her only gift was knowing people almost by instincts, she thought, walking on.

She felt very young; at the same time unspeakable aged… she sliced like a knife through everything: at the same time was outside, looking on. She is very insecure.

Her feelings towards death are negative.  But she is positive, she survives and also Peter.   From the extract of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline the reader can understand that Clarissa is not afraid of Death.  

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Free indirect thought: She would not not say of anyone in the world now they were this or where taht.

Third person narration from inside the character’s point of view: She knew nothing; no language, no history; she scarcely read a book

Free direct thought:  she would not say of herself, I am this, I am that

Direct questions with verb tense in indirect form: Did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?

b) “she sliced like a knife trough everything”  “up went her back like a cat’s; or she purred.”

“It was very, very dangerous”  “I am this, I am that” and so…

The function is to create  a close relationship between reader and the character.