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Miss Trunchbull's contempt for children is so great that she denies ever having been a child, aside from one instance in the novel where she claims she was not a child for very long and became a woman very fast. In many adaptations, Miss Trunchbull often exhibits narcissistic traits, such as psychological projection and extreme self-importance.
Miss Honey tries to move Matilda into a higher class, but the tyrannical headmistress, Miss Agatha Trunchbull, refuses. Miss Honey also tries to talk to Mr and Mrs Wormwood about their daughter's intelligence, but they ignore her, with the mother contending "brainy-ness" is an undesirable trait in a little girl.
The Swift family reunion is upended by murder and Shenanigan Swift is the young heroine ready to solve the crime, discover Uncle Vile’s long-lost loot and transcend her trouble-making name ...
Some iconic moments from the original film (and book) are teased throughout the trailer, such as Miss Trunchbull swinging a little girl by the pigtails or her forcing a student to eat an entire ...
Mrs Pratchett inspired Dahl's creation of the cruel headmistress Miss Trunchbull in Matilda, and a prank, this time in a water jug belonging to Trunchbull, would also appear in the book. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Gobstoppers were a favourite sweet among British schoolboys between the two World Wars, and Dahl referred to them in his fictional Everlasting ...
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The next day, Trunchbull visits the class and demands that Matilda confess. Matilda, again posing as Magnus' ghost, telekinetically writes a message on the blackboard. The message accuses Trunchbull of murdering him and demands that she return Miss Honey's house and money and leave town, threatening to murder her as retribution if she does not ...
"This school is full of rebels," Trunchbull says in a voiceover over the students of Crunchem Hall. Later, the camera shows Thompson's broad shoulders and militaristic outfit, tied together with a ...