How Is Mrs Medlock A Dynamic Character

As represented through Patrick’s stern attitude that evening, bad news was set to come Mary’s way. As a matter of fact, Patrick wanted to divorce his wife, but would still provide money and other forms of support. This news came to complete shock to Mary as she was “...watching him with a dazed horror as he went further and further away from her with each word”(Line 105-107). In fact, “her first instinct was not to believe any of it, to reject it all”(Line 113). As many know and understand, grave news can cause a great deal of damage to one’s mental health.

In the girls’ home, Mary has to make a decision on whether she wants to clear her charges or live as a murderer. Stereotypically, girls like Mary face prejudice for actions they may or may not have committed, controversially, Mary acts unlike the other teenagers in her girls’ home trying

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.

Mary loves her husband Patrick with all her heart. When he gets home every day she takes care of him and gives him anything that he wants to keep him happy. She greets him and kisses him. She accounted that this was her favorite time of day. “She loved the warmth that came out of him when they were alone together.” She would never even think of harming him in her right state of mind.

She possessed a vibrant and vivacious personality and spoke her mind freely from childhood; friendly, sharp-witted and outgoing, she made friends easily, however she never hesitated to express to loved ones exactly what or how she thought they should handle a situation. This of course as everyone knew was regardless of her opinion being was solicited or not. This no doubt was the result of growing up as the baby of the family. Mary grew quite accustomed to getting her own way with her older siblings, Marvin and Corinne and growing up, surrounded by a bounty of loving family members; aunts, uncles and cousins.

When Mary Anne arrives she is a happy, pretty, innocent young lady and she is very well liked by many. After a couple of days of being at camp Mary Anne starts participating more in the war and begins to distance herself from Mark. Mary Anne was too drawn into the war life “A haunted look, Rat said- partly terror, partly rapture. It was as if she

This displays that her being ostracized has forced her to change her views on society and realize not everyone is as nice as they appear. Later on in Mary’s life, her aunt says to Dunny: “Now she remembers so little, and it’s better so, because when she does remember she thinks of Paul” (Davies, 129). This proves that she has continuously been ignoring and forgetting about society for a couple of years. She has isolated herself to avoid conflict and hatred. This alienation Mary has experienced has changed her perception of

He describes Mary Anne as, “A different person, it seemed, and he wasn’t sure what to make of it” (94), and she does become a different person. She abandons her plans with Mark and eventually abandons him altogether. This is because of the her newly found independence provided by the war. The life-threatening situations that people face in war force people to make a choice. They can either become independent and strong or weak and scared. Often times, the person’s life is at risk with this decision. This can permanently change a soldier’s personality. Mary Anne is an example of becoming stronger and more independent. She tells Mark, “To tell you the truth, I’ve never been happier in my whole life. Never” (95). She realizes that in the war, she can be self-sufficient and happy. In this place, she can do whatever she wants, and does not have to listen to a man. “A couple of times Fossie approached her and tried to talk it out, but Mary Anne just stared out at the dark green mountains to the west. The wilderness seemed to draw her in” (100). This shows how much she has changed, since now she will not even carry on a conversation and just maintains a blank stare. Mary Anne transforms from a woman who knows nothing about war, to a predatory killer In

At this time, Mary Warren gets to be swallowed by fears and loses her mind and

Starting off in part one of Lit by Mary Karr, we meet a girl named Mary. It is evident right off of the bat that Mary struggles not only with a drug and alcohol addiction, but that a lot of the characteristics that she possesses were acquired from her rough childhood and early adulthood. Mary seems to have a very close bond to her father, one that her and her mother have never had the privilege of having. Although it is apparent that her father thinks very highly of her and loves her, he left her and her mother when she was a teenager and never returned home. As readers, we can tell that this has greatly affected Mary and her ability to connect to other people.

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

Mary seems to be in denial about how John treats her. She hopes that despite of his bad behavior, John is nice from the inside. However, all of those hopes for Mary that John will change for good shattered when someone approached her and broke the news that John was seen with another woman at a restaurant. This is one thing that John never did for Mary, to take her out for a date. In consequence, Mary overdosed herself, still believing that John would find her and try to save her life by taking her to the hospital.

The relationship between Heathcliff and Hindley revealed and developed the abusive nature of Heathcliff. Heathcliff was taken in as a young boy into a wealthy family that had two children. Ever since the day he was brought home the eldest son, Hindley, resented how the father favored him more. For example, Heathcliff threatened to tell their father if Hindley did not let him have his horse. This one childish threat had created the foundation of the resentment between the two men. Heathcliff threatened to tell their father that Hindley was making him feel unwelcome and abused emotionally, Hindley decided to not see if Heathcliff was going to follow through with the threat therefore gave him the horse. Later on through life, once the father dies, Hindley decides to take his absence as an excuse to start really physically abusing Heathcliff. He would beat him and punch him without thought of how this would transfer into the rest of his life. Heathcliff was also verbally assaulted by Hindley which is a twist on the traditional sense of cruelty. Hindley is demeaning towards Heathcliff and calls him a slave and make sure that he know that he is not equal with himself or his sister Catherine. This point planted the seed of doubt and not being good enough for the rest of his life. This continual mental assault forged the mindset of little Heathcliff to how he would exact revenge on Hindley for all of his wrongdoings. This cruelty from Hindley was due to the favoritism that Heathcliff received as a child, the death of his father, the death of his wife, and the constant reminder of his wife through his son. The constant cruelty is the motive for Heathcliff's actions once he returns to the Heights. Through baiting Hindley, in his own personal torment from his wife's passing, all the money and possessions are gambled away with Heathcliff as the new owner. Wuthering Heights itself

In the play, Mary is a beautiful woman and lives the life like any other girls of her time; but she is emotionally attached to her sons and her family when she marries into the Tyrone family. She is also getting old, so she keeps going on her days worrying about her change of appearance. She suffers from a morphine addiction and she is psychologically wounded because of her past. She tries many times to break free but she could not stop as she spends time with her family. She has gone through many struggles but she cannot move on with her life. She keeps looking back into the past; and she regrets marrying into the family because of the dreams she had to sacrifice such as becoming a nun or a concert pianist.