QWhat does the title mean?
ACape Fear is a reference to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. The Bowdens have a houseboat on the river, which is where their final showdown with Cady takes place.
QWhat did Cady do to the Bowdens' dog?
AMarilyn (the dog) was poisoned with strychnine, a neurotoxin once commonly used in rat poison. Strychnine causes muscular convulsions and usually results in asphyxia due to paralysis of the respiratory muscles.
QWhy did Cady have it in for Sam Bowden?
ASam was a witness to Cady beating a girl in a parking lot in Baltimore about eight years earlier. Cady holds Sam responsible for testifying against him and sending him to prison.
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