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This solution provides a detailed explanation of the three female characters in Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier". In over 450 words, discusses the three women and their connection and symbolic representation to Captain Chris Baldry. This solution also considers how these relationships change throughout the novel.

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This solution provides a detailed explanation of the three female characters in Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier". In over 450 words, discusses the three women and their connection and symbolic representation to Captain Chris Baldry. This solution also considers how these relationships change throughout the novel.

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Early in the first chapter of "The Return of the Soldier", Captain Chris Baldry's wife, Kitty, is informed that her husband has been wounded with a sort of amnesia or "shell shock." In Chapter Two, Chris returns home to the three women who have influenced and continue to shape his life: Kitty, Jenny, and Margaret.

Kitty is Captain Chris Baldry's wife. Jenny is Chris' beloved cousin who he now remembers from his childhood. Margaret Grey is the daughter of the local innkeeper. She is of a lower class and Chris' former lover. When constructing your essay, you might ...

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