Physical appearance details can instantly characterize a dangerous personality
Evidence
Her fashionable, photogenic face is made up of intersecting hatchet blades. She has a determined jaw. She has a head of immaculate pale-blonde corkscrew curls—the kind of head achieved only at some cost in money and physical pain—and when (later) she rises from bed after a night of passion, it does not resemble a white woolly mat, but is as cleverly corkscrewed as ever. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 326
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 326
- XREF: connects to: Character is sketched through specific physical details and social pressures — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 81; Depicting characters as Victorian criminal types implies deep observation — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 412; Close sensory detail reveals character through material texture — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 405 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Depicting characters as Victorian criminal types implies deep observation
#exemplifies(0.80) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 412 - Character is sketched through specific physical details and social pressures
#expands(0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 81 - Drug courier profiles describe behaviors frequently shown by completely innocent people
#complicates(0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 862 - Authors can reveal character through meticulous attention to physical attire.
#expands(0.70) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1179 - Close sensory detail reveals character through material texture
#expands(0.65) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 405 - Physical details in portraits reveal a whole eloquent human biography.
#expands(0.60) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1151