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Quote #10
They looked at each other one last time [...]. Thérèse took the glass, half-emptied it and handed it to Laurent, who finished it in a gulp. It was like a shaft of lightening. They fell, one on top of the other, struck down, finding consolation at last in death. The young woman's mouth fell against the scar on her husband's neck left by Camille's teeth.
[...] And for nearly twelve hours, [...] Mme Raquin, silent and unmoving, stared at them where they lay at her feet, unable to have enough of the spectacle, crushing them with her merciless gaze. (32.21)
At the end of the novel, we have the double suicide icing on the whole murderous cake. Violence has become the only solution that the lovers can find to end their misery… which was caused by violence (murder). Even Mme Raquin is portrayed in a violent light here, as she "crushes" the dead lovers under her "merciless" stare.