What role does physical beauty play in this story? In Tilo's feelings about her body? About Raven? About the bougainvillea girls?ġ1. What passages of the novel resemble poetry? How does Divakaruni make use of lyricism and rhythm?ġ0. Does this point of view add or detract from the story?ĩ. Divakaruni chose to write The Mistress of Spices in the first person present tense. Tilo says, "Better hate spoken than hate silent." Does hate spoken achieve the effect Tilo intends or not?Ĩ. In what ways is punishment seen as a natural force in this novel? How are punishment and retribution tied to balance?ħ. Was her course already set at that point? Would she have left again even without Raven's pull?Ħ. But later she is drawn even further out by Raven. Tilo left her shop for the first time early in the novel to look at Haroun's cab. What do the spices take from Tilo? What do they give her? Is it a fair exchange?ĥ. What is the significance of this action? What role do names play in the novel?Ĥ. Tilo only speaks her name out loud to one person in the novel. How do the spices become characters in the novel?ģ. The New York Times Book Review states that The Mistress of Spices "becomes a novel about choosing between a life of special powers and one of ordinary love and compassion." Did Tilo choose correctly? Why or why not?Ģ.
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