It is not until her unfortunate murder that Angela's imprisonment gets unraveled. Her distorted emotions are revealed as this relatively unknown young woman's death is investigated. Journalists trample inside Ms. Bari's life without any regards to her in an attempt to solve this murder mystery (17). Angela's body was discovered by the porter of her apartment who is "astonished that there should be so little blood on the floor" when he discovers that she is lying on the ground dead after being stabbed several times (18). This is the first clue that Angela is cornered in her own little world. She has little blood, which is regarded as the seat of emotions, and her lack of such nourishment suggests that perhaps she was never nurtured. Furthermore, her cause of death, internal h

Anyone looking at her body clothed or naked, would be overcome by an excruciating desire to touch her, caress her, to penetrate her, even to rape her because in some way she was really asking for this . . . at the same time that brought out the wish to kill her. (237)

Similar to the stories that get more "savage" as they progress, Angela's imprisonment also gets "deeper and more desperate" (154) until it culminates with her death. As Michela listens to the tape she can hear "terror alternating with outbursts of happiness" (206).

Augusta Elia, Angela's mother is a second piece in the minefield composing Angela's life. The key to this component lies in Ludovica, Angela's sister's question, "why daughters so often repeat detail for detail the story of their mother" (157). Angela's mom also lived in a prison. For example, when she has an onset of eczema or headaches she barricades herself in the house with the blinds down. Ludovica even suggests that she "find herself another husband instead of shutting herself up in a room to suffer" (29). The mother also gives off different vibes at different times similar to her daughter. When Michela interviews Angela's mother she feels that she is cold over the phone and then friendly in person (88). Even the taxi driver who drops Michela off for the interview exclaims, "This looks like a prison!" (87) Furthermore, the mom does not even care if they find Angela's murderer (89) suggesting an isolation from her daughter.

Angela's relationship or lack of it with her neighbor, Michela, contributes to her imprisonment. Angela admired Michela so much, but never spoke with her even though she had the opportunity to do so (28). Furthermore, Ms. Bari seemed to know so much about her neighbor while everyone including Michela knew so little about Angela (153). She tries to get close to Michela the only way she knows how (222) and this is by seeing Marco, Michela's boyfriend, secretly (211). Angela's inability to express her desires is one of the greatest sources of her isolation.

Ludovcica, Angela's sister is also seen "shutting herself off" at times (156). The two sisters grow up together and face the same problems including an abusive father and mother who was "blind and deaf" (214) to their problems. Ludovica gets confused between what happens to her and what happens to Angela (211) so the problems of the two sisters essentially are infused within one another. Like Angela, Ludovica has an abortion to end a pregnancy with her stepfather. She also goes to a psychia

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