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A Book Report about Rosemary’s Baby

By: Ira Levin

Patrick John V. Sampaga

Engl. 212a w/ CAI/ TUE 10:30 – 12:00

March 17, 2009

Submitted To:

Mr. Orlino D. Rabago

Instructor

Table of Contents

Introduction ………………………………………………….. 1

Subject ………………………………………………….. 2

Setting ………………………………………………….. 3

Main Character …………………………………………………. 4

Plot ………………………………………………….. 5 -15

Turning Point …………………………………………………. 16

Conclusion …………………………………………………. 17

Introduction:

The main reason I chose this novel is because I am a big fan of horror-

suspense-mystery type of movies. This novel caught my attention and I began

reading it. The novel is entitled Rosemary’s Baby a 1967 best-selling horror

novel by Ira Levin. It is considered as one of the modern-day horror and I,

myself can prove that it is really terrifying and chilling. Once you begin reading

it you can’t keep on turning on the pages. It induces you to believe the

unbelievable. The suspense is beautifully intertwined with everyday incidents.

The author, Ira Levin was born and lives in New York City. At an early

age, he became fascinated with magic and quickly developed love for theater.

He liked detective stories and began to acquire mystery books. He also

became fond of Anagrams. In his adulthood he had written many books that

became international bestsellers. He is a two-time winner of the Mystery

Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award and also received the Horror

Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement. He

published a sequel titled, Son of Rosemary in 1997. He died on November 12,

2007 from a heart attack.

Subject:

The book centers on Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who with

her husband Guy, a struggling actor, has just moved into the Bramford, an old

Gothic style New York City. In that place they experienced many weird things

that affected and changed their whole life.

The author tries to deliver something that a person cannot easily

believe. Weird things happened around us, there are legends that until now

are unexplainable. Do ghosts, UFO’s, witches, vampires and zombies really

exist? Are they with us? Just hiding and waiting for the right time to reveal

themselves. Ira Levin was such a brilliant author, taking these things as the

subject matter. It was hard to make people believe in anything. But he did it

perfectly. I can say that the subject of the story is what most people are afraid

of. He used this subject for us to face it and to tell us somehow that they could

exist.

Setting:

The story took place at one of the Victorian apartment in Bramford a

medium-sized village just to the west of Ipswich, Suffolk and in the Mid Suffolk

administrative district, between the years 1970-1972.

The map of Bradford:

Main Characters:

ROSEMARY WOODHOUSE

She is a housewife, young, healthy, blissfully happy. She is a very

passionate and strong wife; she is smart on dealing with problem,

understanding. She can be considered as a perfect wife.

GUY WOODHOUSE

He is an actor, charismatic and ambitious. He is a hardworking

husband, but sometimes numb and self centered. He appeared on stage

plays, commercials and does a lot of work on radio.

EDWARD “HUTCH’ HUTCHINS

He is a 54 year old English man. He’s smart and very nice to talk with.

He’s an author. He acted as a second father to Rosemary. He treats

Rosemary as his own daughter and even send it to college.

MINNIE CASTEVETS

She is the wife of Roman and the Woodhouse’s neighbors. She is an

old woman about the age of 68 or -9. She has a massive hips and thighs and

a wide bands of fat. She is smart and friendly.

ROMAN CASTEVETS

He is the husband of Minnie. A tall and shuffling man around the age of

75. He is a good husband to Minnie. He is very hospitable to visitors and

loves to tell stories of his own life. He is like a second father to Guy.

Plot:

Guy and Rosemary already signed a five-year lease on a five room

apartment on First Avenue when they received a news that a four-room

apartment in Bramford is available. The apartments here are known for their

fireplaces and Victorian detail which happens to be their dream home even

before they get married. Because of this, they think of ways to cancel the

lease contract they already signed. Luckily they succeed and get the chance

to get the Bramford.

To their excitement, they immediately visited the apartments in

Bramford. They are toured by Mr. Micklas. He described every contents of

each room in the apartment. Each has a four-room, having two baths and five

closets. Also each has enormous kitchen and master bath. Every description

that goes out of the mouth of Mr. Micklas makes Rosemary very happy. Mr.

Micklas informed them about the previous tenant Mrs. Gardenia who passed

away just a few weeks ago because of coma. Some of her furniture are still in

the apartment and can be bought optionally by the new tenant.

The room is situated on the seventh floor having the name 7E. It has

four rooms divided into two with a narrow central way. The first room on the

right was a kitchen. Rosemary was giggling because it was a large one. It had

a six burner gas stove with two ovens, a mammoth refrigerator, a monumental

sink and a dozen of cabinets. Opposite the kitchen was the dining room but

Mrs. Gardenia used it as a greenhouse. She is growing herbs inside this

room. Rosemary examined the room and smiled because it would

accommodate the nursery room she had imagined. The second room to the

right is the living room and it has a small fireplace which makes the couple

even happier. A large bathroom was situated beyond the living room. To sum

it up it was a marvelous apartment that fits the preferences of the couple.

After the tour, Rosemary convinces her husband that they should lease the

large, fashionable apartment although it is expensive.

During a dinner invitation with their friend Edward "Hutch" Hutchins, he

warned them of the apartment building's bad reputation for witchcraft and

cannibalism over 50 years earlier. Hutch was very concern about the couple

and tried to talk them out that the Bramford was a danger zone having many

unsavory happenings. Hutch shared them creepy stories that involved the

Bramford. It’s where the Trench sisters conducted their cannibalism. It is also

the place where Adrian Marcato practiced witchcraft and killed by a group of

people. In 1959 a dead infant was discovered in the basement wrapped in

newspaper. The couples just ignored it and believed that those things don’t

exist anymore. They changed topic and enjoyed their dinner.

The next day Guy and Rosemary signed a 2-year lease on apartment

7E at the Bramford. They are told that they could take occupancy of the

apartment at an earlier time. So they began to move into the apartment and

unpack a few of their possessions. To brighten up their new abode, the

interior of the apartment is painted, decorative wallpaper is hung, and new

carpet is laid. Rosemary, like any other wife is very fond in interior designing.

They bought a sofa set, a king size bed, some decorative ornaments and an

air conditioner. As a reward to what they have accomplished they decided to

make love. They both undress and began kissing. Since the day they heard

the story of Hutch, Guy would always tell a joke about the Trench sisters or

Adrian Marcato.

Rosemary was a little bit frightened when he first visited the

basement’s laundry room. She even remembered what Hutch told them about

the dead infant found in the basement. She met Terry Gionoffrio which is also

a tenant in the apartment. Terry resembled Victoria Vetri, an actress. She

often got mistaken for Victoria but she doesn’t see the resemblance. Terry is

rooming with the Castevets on the 7th floor. The basement was a fearful place

for them that gave Rosemary the creeps. Terry displayed her mysterious,

smelly and noxious good-luck charm filled with tannis root to provide

protection. It was given to her by Mrs. Castevets. Terry describes her

admiration for the wonderful childless couple that took her in as their ward.

She was picked up off the sidewalk by the childless couple and treated her as

their own daughter. At first she thought they wanted her for some kind of sex

thing but it turned out that they are like real grandparents. She’d be dead or in

jail if it wasn’t for them.

One evening Guy and Rosemary would hear a weird chanting through

their flowery wall-papered wall in their bedroom. They thought there was a

celebration happening in their roommates flat. One Friday night after watching

a play with two other couples, they confront a bloody, unexpected scene

outside their apartment building. Terry has suicidally jumped from a window

and met her gruesome death on the street. Out of the darkness the two

elderly neighbors, Roman Castevets in a red, pin-striped dinner jacket with

red bowtie and a grotesquely-dressed Minnie stride. According to Roman,

Terry’s death was inevitable since she was deeply depressed these passed

three weeks. This was the first time the couple met their two elderly

neighbors. They express their sympathy and condolence. That night

Rosemary suffered from hallucinatory nightmares of her Catholic school

upbringing and frightening visions of the accident.

A few days later, Minnie paid a visit. Rosemary didn’t expect the visit.

Minnie was a friend of Mrs. Gardenia and was shocked with the changes the

couples did with the interiors of the whole room. Rosemary told her intrusive

guest that she has a nursery and was planning to have a baby. Minnie was

very happy upon hearing it. She then invited the couple to come over their flat

and join them for supper. Guy returned home for lunch after being passed

over in a Broadway audition for an acting part and agreed to attend the

Castevet’s dinner engagement with Rosemary.

They are served with vodka blush drinks by their host. Roman boasted

his world travel which got Guy’s attention. During their conversation, they

talked about the Pope’s impending visit and fatuous religiosity. The arrival of

the Pope was uncertain because of newspaper strike. Rosemary was a bit

offended and mentioned her Catholic upbringing. Roman stressed out his

point that anyone don’t need to have respect for the Pope because he’s only

pretending that he’s holy. The dinner talk then turned toward Guy’s acting

career and methods. Roman praised him and thinks he’s very authentic. After

returning from home, Rosemary observed how the Castevets strangely

removed their pictures from the wall, leaving only hooks and clean spaces.

Hutch was left alone with Roman.

The next evening Guy visited next door to hear some of Roman’s

stories. Minnie introduced to Rosemary their 12th floor neighbor, Laura-Louise.

During their conversation, Minnie gave Rosemary a tannis root charm-the one

worn by Terry. Rosemary didn’t like the odd smell of the charm. When Guy

returned, he proposed Rosemary to wear it, but Rosemary just placed it inside

a jewelry box. In an unusual circumstance, Guy soon acquired an acting role.

The actor who had been chosen over him for a key role in a play is

unexpectedly and suddenly got blind. Guy remarked that it was his instant

success.

Guy had changed since the day he had taken his new role. He now

became self-centered, vain, pre-occupied and self-absorbed. Guy almost

forgot that he had a wife due to his absence because of many rehearsals.

Rosemary was very sad and depressed because Guy did not have enough

time for her. But still she understands him, he’s an actor and that’s normal.

One day, Rosemary arrived and found a bouquet of red roses placed

throughout the house. Guy apologized for being a creep. Then, he abruptly

proposed for them to have a baby. Soft music playing on the phonograph, a

cozy fire in the fireplace, and a candlelight dinner served as a prelude for an

evening of love-making. Minnie interrupted them and brought a strange

dessert for each of them-two tall white cups filled with chocolate mousse

topped with whipped cream. After a few bites, Rosemary detected a chalky

undertaste and quitted eating, but Guy insisted that she have more to have

respect and to remain neighborly. While he was changing the record, she

scooped out the remaining mousse into her napkin to discard it.

Later that night, Guy watched TV with live coverage of the Pope

mobbed by crowds at Yankee Stadium. Rosemary became dizzy and

disoriented after eating some of Minnie’s chocolate mousse and putted in the

bed. In a hallucinatory scene that impersonated a black mass, she imagined

being on a mattress drifting on the ocean, and then as a passenger on a

presidential yacht. A John F. Kennedy transformed into an older man who

points out to the sea. Rosemary asked a passenger later why Hutch, who is

left on the dock, isn’t allowed to board. She’s told because he isn’t catholic.

Guy completely undressed her until she is shivering and naked. She

saw images including the Birth of Man paintings on the Sistine Chapel ceiling,

a typhoon at sea, and a naked descent into the hold of the ship where fire

burns. Rosemary was laid on a mattress. She is surrounded by many

chanting, naked figures, including Guy, Roman, and Minnie. A bloody-red

liquid is painted on Rosemary’s bare chest. A person resembling Mrs. John F.

Kennedy descended a staircase and suggested her legs to be tied down in

case of convulsions. Attendants spread her legs apart and binded them. In

her dream-like sleep, Guy began making love to her, but then his appearance

changed into a beast-like figure resembling the Devil, with yellowish ayes and

clawed scaly hands. He stroked the length of her body with his hairy claw.

The next morning, Rosemary questioned mysterious scratches on the

side of her body. She is appalled that Guy admits making love to her while

she passed out-supposedly for mixing alcohol. She told Guy that someone

inhuman was raping her in her dreams.

Guy’s behavior reverted again, and he was distant and pre-occupied.

Guy remarked that her expected period was due on Friday. Shortly

afterwards, Rosemary visited her gynecologist/obstetrician Dr. Hill for a

blood/pregnancy test and was informed that she was definitely pregnant with

a due date of June 28th. Overjoyed by the expectation of a child, Guy ran next

door to inform the Castevets. They burst into the apartment with a wine bottle

to congratulate Rosemary on the good news. Minnie insisted that she see

their recommended upper-class obstetrician, Dr. Abe Sapirstein, instead of

continuing to see Dr. Hill. That night, Rosemary laid awake, contemplating a

name for her baby and began to wear the tannis-root brooch.

In the office of Dr Sapirstein, he advised her against reading books or

listening to friends due to the fact that each pregnancy is unique. To keep her

further isolated from traditional sources of sustenance and commercially-sold

vitamins, he also suggested that she drink a daily, herbal mixture concocted

by Minnie Castevet that will be fresher and safer, and more vitamin rich than

any pills on the market. According to Minnie, its ingredients are raw egg,

gelatin, herbs and other things. Rosemary started to feel the fears and

anxieties of most pregnant young women as they approach childbirth and

experience hormonal changes. She suffered sharp pains and wonders if she

has an ectopic pregnancy. Sapirstein explained the pains as a natural

expansion of the pelvis. More symptoms appeared-she became pale, got

blotches under her eyes, have difficulty sleeping and loosed weight- confused

and tormented by her pregnancy. She developed an appetite for very rare

steak meat. One day Hutch visited them, he was shocked and worried about

her declining health and weight loss. Pregnant women gain weight they don’t

lose it. Rosemary explained her belief in natural ingredients for pre-natal care.

She wanted everything fresh and natural. She showed the skeptical Hutch her

tannis root good-luck charm around her neck. He believed the awful-smelling

substance in the charm is more like mold or fungus of some kind and vowed

to make some research about the root. Rosemary introduced Hutch to their

strange neighbor Roman Castevet. They both noticed his pierced ears and

piercing eyes. Rosemary explained how the Castevets are close to Guy and

have become parent figures for him. As Hutch left, he can’t locate one of his

gloves that he put in their closet when he arrived. Later he called and made a

rendezvous with Rosemary at the Time-Life Building in downtown Manhattan.

At the appointed time the next morning, it is unusual that Hutch doesn’t

appear. A phone call to his apartment revealed that Hutch was taken ill and in

a deep coma at St. Vincent’s Hospital.

At a New Year’s Eve party held in the Castevet’s apartment to brought

in the new year of 1966, Rosemary discussed her physical condition with her

doctor. It’s like there’s a wire inside her getting tighter and tighter. She is

introduced to one of the many elderly guests-Dr. Shand, a famous dentist who

made the chain for her charm. Rosemary was paranoid about what is

happening to her-while ravenously eating chicken livers in her kitchen, she

spied her reflection in a shiny toaster and vomited into the kitchen sink.

Inspired to surround herself with their younger, energetic circle of

friends, Rosemary planned a Saturday night party to entertain young friends-

Minnie and Roman are not invited. It’s gonna be a special party. Visitors

should have to be under 60 to get in. When Minnie learned of the party, she

attempted to invite herself, she is denied-and Rosemary affirmed the rejection

by dumping Minnie’s concoction down the sink. At the party, guests

commented that Rosemary has a chalk-white face and looked a bit tired.

Rosemary confided in her girlfriends about her abdominal pains and her fears.

She’s so afraid the baby’s gonna die. They suggested replacing her

ineffectual doctor and see Dr. Hill. Pain is a warning that something isn’t right.

Rosemary blurted out an affirmation of her Catholic training. She won’t have

an abortion. After the guests have left, Rosemary rebelliously informed a

flabbergasted and angered Guy that she will return to Dr. Hill, her former

gynecologist/obstetrician, after receiving advice from her girlfriends. She

decided not to take any of Minnie’s drink anymore instead take vitamin pills

like everyone else.

An argument flared up between the young couples about her proposed

visit to Dr. Hill. As they fight, the pain unexpectedly stops in Rosemary’s

womb, and she felt movement for the first time, forgetting about her

determined resolve to visit a different doctor and dismissing her fixation that

she is carrying something unnatural in her womb. She happily told Guy about

its moving and kicking. It’s alive. She prepared the nursery for the child with

fresh wallpaper and a white crib and rocking cradle.

Three weeks from the unexpected delivery date, Rosemary packed her

hospital suitcase for her trip to the hospital. Then, she received a phone call

that Hutch has tragically died. After the burial ceremony at the cemetery,

Rosemary was handed a book from one of Hutch’s friends, Grace Cardiff. She

was told that the title of the book was Anagram. Back at her apartment, before

Rosemary can even open the brown-paper wrapped, unmailed book/package

from Hutch, Minnie delivered the daily concoction. Rosemary finds privacy to

slit open the twine-tied package. The book is titled “All of them Witches”. One

section of the book is underlined-it regards the discovery made by Hutch

about the tannis-root. In their rituals, they often use the fungus called Devil's

Pepper. This is a spongy matter derived from swampy regions having a strong

pungent odor. Devil's Pepper is considered to have special powers. It has

been used in rituals and worn on charms. Another chapter is about Adrian

Marcato. Born in Glasgow in 1846, he was soon after brought to New York.

He became interested in Black Magic. Soon, he left England and devoted

himself completely to Satanism. The peak of his popularity was in 1899 when

he claimed to have called forth Satan and was attacked by a mob outside the

Bramford. A dog-eared page illustrated a picture of Marcato with his wife and

thirteen-year old son Steven. Rosemary contemplated the truth of it all. She

retrieved a Scrabble board game and used the game letters to spell out ALL

OF THEM WITCHES, arranging them into COMES WITH THE FALL, ELF

SHOT LAME WITCH, and HOW IS HELL FACT ME. Suddenly he opened the

book and saw the word Steven underlined. She spelled out STEVEN

MARCATO and gradually figured out that an anagram-repositioning spells

ROMAN CASTEVET- the son of Adrian Marcato. When Guy returned, she

told Roman is the son of a famous martyred witch. She even showed him the

picture of Steven Marcato when he was thirteen. According to the book,

Steven was born in 1886 that makes him 79 now. No coincidence. Rosemary

deduced that the next-door Castevets and their friends have formed a

ritualistic congregation of witches, and that her unborn baby’s blood will be

used in their rituals. The parties with the singing and the flute and the chanting

those are Sabbaths. They use blood in their rituals and the blood that has the

most power is the baby’s blood. And they don’t just use blood, they use the

flesh too. Rosemary convinced Guy to sub-let and move out. Guy claimed that

they are only old people. He doesn’t believe Rosemary and removed the book

from her shaky hands and placed it high on a bookshelf.

During Rosemary’s next visit to Dr. Sapirstein he listened to her

fantastic findings. He prescribed some pills for her final few weeks of

pregnancy and divulged that a terminally-illed Roman together with Minnie

was planning to leave New York to visit a few of his favorite cities during the

expected time of her baby’s birth. As they leave for Kennedy Airport for a trip

to Europe, Rosemary bided her cheerful, well wishing neighbors goodbye.

Later, Rosemary discovered that guy has disposed of Hutch’s book

without her permission, arguing that he didn’t want her to upset anymore.

Clues begin to piled up for Rosemary. She tossed her tannis root charm into a

sidewalk sewer drain on her way to a bookstore to purchase and read tomes

on witchcraft. Many people during that time died supposedly natural deaths.

Since then it has been determined that the United Mental Force of the whole

coven could blind, deafen, paralyze and ultimately kill the chosen victim. The

use of a United Mental Force is sometimes called a coven. She felt menaced

by the neighborhood’s coven of witches that she thought want her baby for

their strange cannibalistic rituals. She also read that in some cults, it was

believed that a personal possession of the victim was necessary and spells

cannot be cast without one of the victim’s belongings. She telephoned Donald

Baugmart, the blinded, embittered actor whose disability enabled Guy to

secure his acting position. Cleverly, she got him to admit that following drinks

with Guy, Baugmart’s tie was deliberately traded with Guy’s-the actor

personal possession was later used to cast the deadly spell.

Rosemary hurriedly left her apartment with her hospital suitcase and

rushes to see Dr. Sapirstein in his office for an unscheduled visit. While in the

waiting room the talkative office receptionist off-handedly mentioned that Dr.

Sapirstein also wore a smelly tannis root charm-marking him as a member of

the witch’s coven. Rosemary frantically excused herself and walked to a

corner phone booth where she placed a call to Dr. Hill. She explained her

present doctor isn’t good. It was lying to her and gave her unusual kinds of

drinks and capsules. In a paranoid, she requested that she deliver her

expected baby in the next few days. After begging Dr. Hill for an appointment,

he reluctantly agreed to an 8:00 pm office visit.

That evening in Dr. Hill's office, Rosemary explained how her husband

Guy was integrally involved in the coven's plot. She told him how he lied to Dr.

Hill about them leaving the city for Hollywood, and now slept in pajamas to

hide a suspicious mark of coven membership. The tormented mother rambled

incoherently about her fantastic suspicions that her next-door neighbors hold

rituals, and that her husband participated with them. They're very clever

people. They planned everything right from the beginning. They probably

made some sort of deal with Guy. They gave him success and he promised to

use their baby in their rituals. Rosemary shared what happened to Donald

Baugmart and EdwardHutchins and even the tannis root. Rosemary sighed

when Dr. Hill apparently concurred with her assessments and suggested

admitting her into Mt. Sinai Hospital that evening. While she lied down to rest

in an adjoining office, he purportedly makes calls to arrange for her hospital

admission. Rosemary was rest assured because she is in good hands. But

Dr. Hill phoned Dr. Sapirstein and Guy explaining that she is experiencing

mental breakdown and normal pregnancy hysteria. Dr. Sapirstein and Guy are

brought in the room, they instructed Rosemary to come with them quietly and

don’t make any scene otherwise they will be forced to take her to a mental

hospital.

In the apartment’s lobby, she escaped up the 7th floor. Already in a

frenzied state and feeling betrayed, she immediately went into a labor in the

hallway before locking herself securely. She is wrestled on the bed and given

a sedative shot to calm her down. Following labor and birth of a boy, she

gained consciousness and is soon told by Dr. Sapirstein that the baby died at

birth because of delivery complications. It was in a wrong position. Dr.

Sapirstein might have been able to do something about it if they were in a

hospital. Rosemary reacted hysterically, she doesn’t believe it and accused

everyone of being a witch and stolen her baby. Guy attempted to convince

Rosemary of her temporary insanity and their promising future together in

Beverly Hills, California. He wanted her to stop on accusing him as one of the

covens and just rest and get over with it. Guy promised her that from this

moment everything will be roses. His career is going up. Paramount and

Universal is within an inch.

She suspected the truth about her kidnapped baby later that night

when she heard a distant sound of a crying infant through the wall in the

Castevets next-door apartment. Ironically, she is expected to express breast

milk and continue taking sedative pills while closely watched by Laura-Louise

and Mrs. Gilmore. Late one night, Rosemary sneaked into the Castevets

apartment through the closet passageway with a kitchen knife upraised in her

hand. There, she found a coven of witches including Guy, surrounding a

black-draped baby cradle to pay their respects. It is a presentation of the

Adoration of the Satanic Magi with visitors coming to view the baby from all

parts of the globe. A framed portrait of Adrian Marcato hanged above the

fireplace. Mrs. Gilmore and other women belonging to the group of coven

restricted Rosemary told her to go back to her room. Rosemary was not

surprised of the group, her suspicions are right all along. The Castevets are

there, believing that they were on a tour. She walked slowly over the cradle to

see her baby in the bassinet. Her eyes widen in terror because the baby’s

eyes were golden-yellow, with neither whites nor irises, with vertical black slit

pupils. Rosemary felt sorry for his baby and then she is told the truth. She

realized that she was impregnated by the Devil and the baby is her offspring

with Satan. Later on they praised Satan. Rosemary was in a state of shock

and noticed her baby has claws and tail. She remembered her dream that

something unhuman was raping her, it’s not a dream it really happened. Out

of all the women in the world she was chosen by Satan to be his wife. They

don’t force Rosemary to join their coven, they just want her to act as a mother

to the baby. Rosemary rejected the devil-worshipping coven but accepted the

reality of the situation and showed an instinctive mothering role and maternal

instinct toward the baby. Rosemary gently rocked the child to sleep. Others

gather around to watch, praising them both.

Turning Point:

Every couple suffers from relationship problems. Rosemary and Guy

argued many times. Career and Time was their common problem. Guy was

not able to budget his time with his wife and his career. This developed a gap

between them. Rosemary understands Guy, he was an actor, it’s only normal.

Rosemary needs to adjust. This problem did not last, with Guy romantically

asking Rosemary to have a baby. Rosemary’s loneliness was now turned into

happiness because she really wanted to have a baby.

Pregnancy came in and another problem arises. Rosemary was told to

drink the weird concoction of Minnie. Her pregnancy was very hard,

experiencing pains in her stomach. Her health was very much affected with

this problem. When Rosemary stopped taking Minnie’s concoction the pain in

her stomach suddenly stopped.

When Hutch died, Rosemary was handed a book entitled ALL OF

THEM WITCHES. At the time Rosemary read the book, suspicions emerged.

She suddenly understands all that was happening to her, to her husband and

to their neighbors. She believed everything that was in the book. Eventhough

others did not believe her, she still hold on to what she truly believes. Finally,

Rosemary delivered her child but it was taken from her. They made her

believe that it died due to delivery complications. She was locked up in their

apartment. She was very sad but she didn’t believe anyone of them even

Guy. One day she sneaked into the Castevets apartment and there all of her

questions and suspicions were answered. Their neighbor was truly a coven of

witches. They used her to bear the son of Satan. Rosemary just accepted the

situation but never joined the group.

Conclusion

I highly recommend this book to everyone. This novel was very great.

You wouldn’t expect what would happen. It’s full of surprises and revelations.

Anyone will enjoy reading it and would feel the same fright that I felt when I

read the book.

One thing I learned from this novel is evil can wear the most innocent

face of all. We have to be careful of trusting a person. Sometimes what we

see from the outside is different from the inside. We would never know it until

they do something wrong to us or to our family.

I get really hooked on this book. It has a splendid story and the

transition of story was really great. The aspect that really appealed me was

the recognition and revelation of the whole truth. It made me feel so crazy and

I was very surprised. I felt sorry for Rosemary, she was a victim and fooled by

all. Also, the part where Rosemary read the book that focused on the

Anagrams.

The characters are likeable. I love all their roles and its relationship to

the story. Ira Levin was a magnificent author. You cannot expect what he is

thinking of. The story was fast paced. The transition was somewhat fast but

not too slow.