ECLIPSE by STURAT EVERS

Characters
Narrator Elaine: (39) obsessive, hormonal (her moods swing), she might be going
through postpartum depression
Narrators husband Mal: ordinary man, worer, messy! "es #our years younger than
Elaine! "e seems to be a good #ather! "e lies #ootball!
Lover $ibby: a%%ording to Elaines des%ription, she is a beauti#ul woman and loos
intelligent! &he smoes! &he smells lie %innamon!
Conflicts
'on%eiving (a%hary: (si) months) *t was Elaines de%ision to have a %hild! +hey didnt
dis%uss about it, she ,ust threw away her %ontra%eptive pills! &e) be%ame boring!
Mals a##air: she has no eviden%e #or her husbands a##air! *t might be a produ%t o#
Elaines imagination! *# mal didnt love Elaine, he wouldnt have stopped smoing!
Smoking
Mal and Elaine used to smoe until she got pregnant!
&moing symboli-es the destru%tion o# the %hara%ters li#e, the end o# passion!
Themes
.##airs motherhood insanity