Interventional Plots In Happy Endings By Margaret Atwood

The text suggest Mary was r**** by Mr Neal just as one of her friends were...

This is an example of how great her love is for John, because she will go against her morals and sin by lying in order for him to live. Her plan backfires, though, because instead of this saving John's life, it leads to

All along the story, John, the husband believes he can cure his wife, manage her behavior and keep his status

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

John is an antagonist of the story. He feels he is doing his wife good; by locking her away in this mansion. However, the reader soon realizes, this treatment is only worsening her mental state. He is never home with her; he always has patients to see in town, leaving her locked in this house; alone with her thoughts. He ensures that she gets rest and fresh air to get well. To him, it may seem as though he is doing his wife good; by locking her away in this mansion. However, this seclusion she experiences causes serious damage to her mental state. Her husband has control over her that women

The flaw that helps characterize John is he had an affair with a younger woman and his

she is being accused of witchcraft. Mary has come to her senses to portray the truth, “I

Soon enough Lucy wants more from John of being in there own house and living better. As John is away Lucy gets sick and eventually dies. John seems to think he need to find someone else to be with. He do not take any time of feeling sad about Lucy death. Even though the whole town is mad at him for being too quick about finding another wife he still does it. Show that John cannot be alone, he needs someone there with him as a guide. His new wife Hattie is just someone one he brought into his life, even though he knows she could never take Lucy place. John does whatever he wants, no matter what Hattie wants him to do or does not want him to do. John still has not matured because a responsible man and matured man do what they're supposed to do the right way. John seem to always want to be an a relationship but not really with someone he truly love. Hattie says “ Well if you do not want me you made lak yuh did.”(143). Showing he give signs that he need someone to be around him. Eventually John no longer want Hattie anymore and also hits her. He tries to be on his own for awhile to get his mind straight after all the drama and court dates with Hattie. John after a while goes right back to

The actions and choices he made that lead to where he is now. A lovesick girl who would go to any means to have the man she loved had managed to have him sentenced to death and his wife being spared till birth. For the first time in months, John and Elizabeth are finally in each other's presence. With the time to himself, he has decided he is not a worthy man, that he is in fact a fraud, one who cannot die honorably. Now is the time to decide their own fate.

John has tension with Abby because she is out to kill his wife so she can be with him, but he loves his wife and has

198). By Mary telling a lie she was living a 2 sided life because she had told John that she was

John taking his own life. Irony plays a big role in the novel, pointing out that no corrupted

John knew he could live with his wrongdoing for his children but then he heard that Glies Cory died by being crushed to death for refusing to go to trial. What really was the last straw was when he saw Rebecca Nurse being brought in and refusing to confess a crime she didn't commit. He then realizes again that honor is more important and proceeds to rip up his signed confession.

Knowing that Elizabeth was the innocent one, he is incited to act on his wife’s behalf. John knows that Abby is making a scene out of all this just to get revenge on him and Elizabeth for rejecting her. He makes his way to the courtroom to plead his thoughts about the girls lying their way in getting revenge on the ones that they hate. John’s feeling of guilt is growing stronger because he knows that if it wasn’t for him having the affair with the harlot, none of this would be happening, and his wife would not be in accusation. When he informed the judges about his story of the girls, the judge was doubting his actions and Abi started throwing another fit to make it seem like he was

seems that John is very controlling and doesn't pay true attention to his wife. The illnesses of both the