I believe that Mary genuinely adored her husband and was a loyal housewife who was betrayed by her beloved who wanted to divorce her. In the beginning of the story, the narrator substantiates Mary’s love for her husband by stating that she is six months pregnant and by describing how she happily awaits her husband to return home from work. She has no clue that he is unsatisfied, and has absolutely no reason to suspect that he is unhappy with their marriage. I mean, why should he be unhappy? She showers him with love, cooks for him, and serves him. Although she portrays the role of a perfect housewife, he still decides to leave her. This issue might appear to be common in our daily lives, but in 1953, it would have been extremely shameful to …show more content…
He betrayed her trust and hurt her feelings in the worst possible time. When she hears what he has to say, she is in shock and loses her mind at the moment. “She did everything without thinking.” When she comes back with the leg of lamb she tried to act as if everything was normal and she would make supper for her husband. But as soon as he said, “I've already told you, don't make supper for me. I'm going out.” Her anger and pain took over her mind and she reacted with hitting the back of his head as hard as she possibly could with the leg of lamb. I don’t believe that she was insane, or that we underestimated her to be humble and respectful. I suppose that in the moment she expressed all her frustrations and anger which is something she would not do if she was not put in a situation like this. I am pretty sure that if Mary questioned herself that day if she is capable of murdering her husband, even if he did something shocking that would hurt her, she would have answered with no. Yet, there is more to the story of how Mary covered up her tracks with her genius thinking, and how she got away with the crime. Mary definitely surprised me with her idea of feeding the weapon to the
She lifted it out, and looked at it---a leg of lamb “ (Page 2). The fact that Mary Maloney can’t even feel herself doing anything, corresponds to how shocked she is. As a matter of fact, that is when her consciousness of her action momentarily fades away. She cannot accept the fact that her beloved husband would betray her like this, but in a way, the introduction to the story already tells us that their relationship isn’t strong and loving. Also, Mary is shown to have picked the very first thing she found, which was a lamb leg. This proves that she had no intention of premeditating a weapon beforehand, but instead used whatever she could find to let out her emotions. In addition, pregnant women are more emotionally unstable and because of that Mary Maloney couldn’t handle the stress of the news her husband told her. The final quote that proves her temporary insanity is, “She stepped back, waiting, and the strange thing was that he remained standing there for at least four or five seconds. Then he crashed onto the carpet. The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped to bring her out of the shock… It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew what the punishment would be…In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the baby ” (Page 2)? Not only did she regain her consciousness, moments after her husband’s death, but she also
Mary has one motive for murdering her husband. The motive is that she couldn’t accept the fact that her husband was leaving her. He says, “ ‘This is going to be a bit of a shock to you, I 'm afraid,’ he said. ‘But I 've thought about it a good deal and I 've decided the only thing to do is tell you right away. I hope you won 't blame me too much...So there it is,’ he added. ‘And I know it 's kind of a bad time to be telling you, bet there simply wasn 't any other way. Of course I 'll give you money and see you 're looked after. But there needn 't really be any fuss. I hope not anyway. It wouldn 't be very good for my job.’ " Although he didn’t say the exact words the reader can infer this when he states “… i’ll give you money and see you 're looked after. But there needn 't really be any fuss. I hope not anyway. It wouldn 't be very good for my job…” Some readers might disagree with her for killing her husband because he was leaving her, but she was truly in love with him
Mary Warren is a good person but she changes her mind too much which can cause chaos. In the beginning of the book, Mary was hesitant to be involved with Abigail and the other girls: “They’ll be calling us witches”(Miller,17). But that soon wears off and Mary is quick to accuse the people of Salem of witch craft, along with the other girls. John Proctor catches on to the the girls’ scheme and forces Mary to confess in court. In court Mary seems as though she is willing to repent, she wants to be good again. But when the court doesnt believe her and the girls decided to turn against her, she panicked and turned on John: “You’re the devils man!” (Miller,110). So, Mary wants to be good but she also doesnt want to be hanged, this is why she changes her mind so much.
Mary was a horrible role model for her two children.She had two sons whose names were Tony and Wes Moore.She partied instead of parenting her children, along with “hiding ” Marijuana in her family's home.On page twenty Mary blatantly lied to her own child’s face.She looked At Wes and said, “Mommy got some bad news about school, and I want to go see some friends
Although Mary had many traits, her dominant trait was her weak will to stand up to Abigail. She was easily influenced by Abigail and highly intimidated by her too. In Act 1 Mary knew that Betty wasn’t really sick. She didn’t speak against Abigail, because she threatened to kill anyone who stood against her, and Mary of course stayed silent. Towards the end of Act 2 Mary showed a little bit of forcefulness towards John by telling him that he couldn’t stop her from going to Salem every day. Her forcefulness was quickly shut down in the end of Act 2, when she was brought to tears, when asked to testify against
To start off, it can be clearly seen from the short story that Mary Maloney is guilty. She makes a conscious effort to make sure she reacts as if she has not committed this crime in the text “Lamb to Slaughter” she says, “If she finds anything unusual or terrible when she got home, then it would be a shock and she would have to react with grief and horror.”(Dahl 383) By her stating this it shows that she knows she is guilty and that she killed her husband. The main reason I chose this quote was that it shows that she knows what she is talking about and that she has to act like this otherwise she will be caught and
Mary Warren is seen throughout the play as being the lovable servant that is loyal to the Proctors and appears to pose no threat whatsoever. However, Mary holds a dark secret that the entire audience finds out in the middle of the play, she is a cold-hearted liar. Mary proves to be the second biggest liar in the entire play right behind Abigail as she will pick those who oppose her and will accuse them of witchcraft so that they may be silenced before they can continue with the truth. Mary proves this little claim true when she has both Elizabeth and John Proctor thrown in jail as they have both learned the truth and are making an attempt to stop everything that is happening. Mary Warren is probably the biggest liar in the story right behind Abigail Williams as she will turn against the family that gave her a place to sleep and a home to live in, in order to be saved by the truth that is leaking out.
In conclusion, Mary never moved beyond the conflict, made progress, or handled the conflict well. She remained the languishing person she was from beginning to the end. Bill did not even recognize her and he never felt the same way. Mary ended up marrying a man she never loved and she named her son Bill. She is still that cheerless person now. Do not be afraid to tell someone something because you may never get the chance to tell them
Edwin was an English schoolmaster he was born on December 20, 1838. He attended the city of London he went to St John’s College and studied mathematics and theology .While attending his College he met a girl named Mary Elizabeth and soon wished to marry her but the people who went to the same college were not allowed to date or marry at this time it was against the rules . when Edwin choose to marry her he had to resign the fellowship in order to marry her to he presided and went and married mary they got married in Unstone Derbyshire, in 1863. Soon after marriage Edwin and Mary had one daughter and one son. Edwin decided to pursue his life in theological and literature.Unstone, Derbyshire, in 1863
There are some prompt questions that make me stop and think that, Why does Mary didn’t want to change her marriage day from a rainy day to be a clear day
The following quote from Greer’s story illustrates how Mary might be feeling when she comes home and accepts that the man she loved is gone and her son does not care for her “We think we know them. We think we love them. But what we love turns out to be a poor translation…” (Text 3, L. 2-3). In the end Mary has nothing left in life, the family dynamic is officially broken and nobody is there to keep the family together, this is what Mary
Similar to Liz’s room, Mary and the students were seating in a triangular fashion, which allowed Mary to control their behavior with more ease. Mary stressed turn taking between the children and was very animated throughout the lesson, which held each individual child’s and the entire group’s attention. Moreover, she ensure each student would have equal talking time by pointing at each child to signal whenever their turn was. Mary redirected misbehavior by move the student’s hands if they began to increase their fidgeting. Furthermore, when the students become handsy with the tube of dough, she gently moved their hands as she warned them that they didn’t want to squeesh it. Lastly, Mary had appropriate expectations of the student’s behavior as seen when Zachary ate a small amount with his tongue and Elijah followed suit. Mary gave each a verbal reminder followed by a verbal warning that they need to eat like “big kids” with their hands instead of their tongues. The students rarely became distracted in the lesson, and those moments that some may have deemed distractions were really just spontaneous comments about the activity. For example, Elijah asked about sharing the turnovers with the observers after they were finished, and also invited the observers to the table to make
Her coach has always seen her grown it just hurt his that after marriage she won’t be able to focus on her career. He had high expectations from her. Like other girls even Mary wants a settled life. She is very sure that she won’t let her marriage end her career. Towards the end Mary becomes out of focus and only her gloves are focus in frame gives the summary of the entire scene in one single shot.
The museum that I visited was the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida. The artwork I viewed was titled, The Joys and Sorrows of Mary (Life of Christ) and this art piece was created around 1375 to 1400
The following quote from Greer’s story illustrates how Mary might be feeling when she comes home and accepts that the man she loved is gone and her son does not care for her “We think we know them. We think we love them. But what we love turns out to be a poor translation…” (Text 3, L. 2-3). In the end Mary has nothing left in life, the family dynamic is officially broken and nobody is there to keep the family together, this is what Mary