Character Analysis Of Mary And Onkholer's Marriage Scenes

* Why did Mary defy Mr Neal? What did she achieve? What role does the character of Mary play in the text?

As Mary’s story unravels, she continues to suffer long hours of work, starvation, and separation from her family. She reads her holy bible and is constantly reminding herself that God is with her and will see her through these trials. Her spirits are lifted her master agrees to sell Mary to her husband, and her mistress begins the journey with her, but before long the mistress decides not to go any further and they turn back. Not long after, she starts to loose hope that she will ever be reunited with her family. She becomes discouraged, and her spirit

When she enters the bedroom, her voice changes from present to past tense and she starts to reminisce and begins to talk about her mother and aunts. She seems happy to remember her mother’s room and introduces her aunts to the audiences. Mary delivers her dialogue saying that the dressing table and the small elephant statue figures are all same. When Mary gently touches her mother’s photo, she delivers a sad tone. Her performance conveys to the audiences that she misses her mother. The tone of her voice represents that she is a gentle, innocent and a loving child. Her verbal and non-verbal interactions conveyed the viewers with a message that she is an orphan.

Mary begins the story as a doting housewife going through her daily routine with her husband. She is content to sit in his company silently until he begins a conversation. Everything is going as usual until he goes “ slowly to get himself another drink” while telling Mary to “sit down” (Dahl 1). This shocks Mary as she is used to getting things for him. After downing his second drink, her husband coldly informs her that he is leaving her and the child. This brutal news prompts the first change in Mary, from loving wife to emotionless and detached from everything.

For most people, family provides a support system in troubling time. In some cases, family can trap children into an unhealthy lifestyle and a negative mindset. Ironically, Sapphire uses the name Mary to represent Precious’s mother. The name Mary alludes to the Mother of Jesus, which the viewers expect to be a caring. However, Mary is a loving mother only in Precious’s imagination. Mary frequently puts down Precious’s intelligence and discourage her from pursuing her education. By doing this, Mary would protect her welfare lifestyle and make

(Bowen, 2000.) Although not much insight is given into the awful relationship Mary had with her late husband, there’s is evident that she resents her daughter. Precious became the target of neglect and abuse due to the fact that, her father raped her and her mother instead of protecting her became jealous of her own daughter. Mary intentionally tries to impair her daughter Precious by constantly demoralizing her by telling her that she is ugly, fat and stupid. Mary is fixed on the idea of hurting her physically, emotionally and psychologically. Mary is a constant remind to Precious of how she will be nothing without her. As a result, she internalizes this tension and many aspects of her life suffers. Precious is performing poorly at school, her physical health is bad as she is overly obese and she is a loner in the sense that she makes no effort to befriend anyone. She is constantly worried about what her mother is going to do to her for the day or she is constantly on edge with her mother, not knowing what to

During their “removes,” Mary becomes too weak to walk any longer, and the Indians, “like inhuman creatures, laugh and rejoice to see it.”They do nothing to provide for her comfort during their long journeys through the rough landscape. Her only refuge is to take comfort in her prayer and hope that God will help her through these hard times. After the first several days, Mary develops a dependency upon the Indians, and begins to get used to their means of living.

long hard hours, Mary’s focus never waivered. She loved what she was doing and was

But Mark said it was a bad idea and way to dangerous but Mary didn’t give up. She couldn’t understand what was so bad about it she said “They are human beings to” (92). Finally they went to the village and she showed no fear. She felt comfortable and didn’t even care about what all Mark told her could happen and what does happen. She was fascinated by the adrenaline buzz that went with the job. She learned quick and never backed off from the ugly cases. Mark was proud but also amazed, he believed she was a different person. She changed a lot over the time and she would disappear throughout the nights and Mark would wonder and finally he would get mad and set her down and to talk about it. She started to wear her old clothes and they seemed happy, along with a unsteadiness in there relationship that everyone could see. By the end of this story Mary was a completely different person and she was

There is a constant cycle of talking-at and not talking-to. The lack of knowing how to communicate effectively is a hindrance on the mother-daughter dynamic as well as their ability to This cycle of learned behavior, many have impacted how Mary's lack of ability to communicate in a positive and healthy manner is a pattern within the family. The is filled with anger, Mary always appears to be upset and angry faith Precious or the government and life in general. This frustration that she faces she tends to handle them with violence. Education is not encouraged and is seen as useless. Relying on the government is a norm within

Characterization shows the reader how Mary’s demeanor changes throughout the story. “...Do everything right and natural. Keep things absolutely natural and there'll be no need for any acting at all…(3)” This quote shows that Mary is referring to when she murdered her husband that she has to play the part of an innocent wife. Secondly, “As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what

First, Twyla introduces Mary from the beginning of the story, as her mother claiming that she was put in St. Bonny’s, because mother have been all night dancing. Twyla reveals that she

All of the women around her suggest she stay married to him because of his wealth. After all, it’s what they did when upon finding out. But despite their encouragement, Mary is able to see through the facade of happiness the women put up while around each other. Through context clues and dialogue the audience can infer themselves that these women are not truly happy. Just have merely become content with the life they've grown accustomed to.

Axel reached over to Mary and placed a hand on her knee. She wanted to shove his hand away, but only managed to contort her face in disgust. She couldn’t tell if she hated him now or if she was just angry. This conflict inside her about him has always come up at some point. She used to say he was a good guy and the odds are just stacked against him, but now she was not

While Elizabeth is constantly studying other people’s behavior, Mary is so absorbed in herself that she cannot perceive when she acts disturbingly. At the Netherfield ball, Mary decides to sing for an extended period of time and fails to read other characters’ behavior to understand that she was making a fool of