![]() ![]() Due to a mistake, however, he gives her the wrong letter. Later, Robbie asks Briony to deliver a letter to Cecilia. ![]() From afar, Briony believes that Robbie is threatening her sister, and she worries for Cecilia’s safety. She watches from a window as they argue in front of a fountain in the garden: a vase is broken, and Cecilia removes her clothes to wade into the fountain and collect the pieces. Despite Briony’s precociousness, she fails to understand the nature of Cecilia’s and Robbie’s relationship. ![]() Meanwhile, Robbie and Cecilia are attempting to understand their feelings. Intended to impress her older brother, Leon, the play fails because Briony is too short-tempered to direct her unruly cousins. When the cousins arrive, Briony decides to stage a play, The Tale of Arabella, which she writes. Briony’s cousins-15-year-old Lola and nine-year-old twins, Jackson and Pierrot-visit the Tallis estate while their parents are settling a difficult divorce. Now, after working as a gardener for many years on the Tallis estate, Robbie plans to become a doctor. Jack Tallis, the girls’ father, funded Robbie’s education. Robbie’s mother is a servant on the Tallis estate. Her older sister, Cecilia, graduated from Cambridge University with childhood friend, Robbie Turner. ![]() Content warning: Please be advised that Atonement depicts sexual violence including the sexual abuse of a child.īriony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl whose wealthy family lives on a country estate in England in the 1930s. ![]()
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