Essay Questions

In what ways does Miranda warn her family of the impending danger in their new house?

Miranda plays a vital role in discovering the past events that haunted their new house. Every time Miranda tells her family about what she sees in the dollhouse, they assume she is crazy. When Miranda's mother starts behaving strangely, her father starts believing her. Therefore, through a dollhouse, Miranda sees events likely to haunt her family and notifies her parents of everything she sees.

How do things change for Miranda’s family after she hands over the attic key to Dorothy?

When Miranda finds the attic key, she hands it to Dorothy to free herself from captivity. Dorothy gains her freedom and tells Miranda how to tune the old dollhouse to delete the past events that might haunt her family. When Miranda turns the dollhouse, her mother becomes a loving and caring woman. All the bad things lined up to haunt Miranda's family are deleted, and they live happily in their new house for the rest of their lives.

What is the symbolic meaning of the title Time Window by Kathryn Reiss?

The title Time Window symbolizes Miranda's ability to see the past. Throughout the novel, the author narrates how Miranda looks through the windows of the dollhouse to see the past events that haunted their new house. Most of the things that happened to families that occupied the house several years ago, start to reoccur in her family.