Rosemary Character Analysis

Rosemary was believed to have ties to various states such as Texas and New Jersey, but her love of gambling ended her time on the run in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was in Caesar’s Palace casino that she was brought to justice thanks to a detective who was on his honeymoon. Detective Mark Smith of the Fort Bliss police department was enjoying a poolside drink with his new wife when he noticed a familiar face heading into the casino. He remembered many years ago learning about a murder case in which the suspect ran and the statewide manhunt that it caused. He picked up his phone and began searching the most wanted databases and there was her picture, he had just seen Rosemary Lorraine Godbolt-Molder. He had to think fast as she might not

Rex and Rosemary were always arguing about something. This made their relationship unstable and it would always end up with them fighting about something. “‘Help!’ Mom screamed.’he’s trying to kill me!’ ‘Goddammit, Rosemary, get back in here!’ Dad said. ‘Don’t hurt her!’ Lori yelled” (Walls 13). The children run up to the room to find Rosemary crying claiming that Rex tried to kill her. Rex kept saying that he didn’t push her. All of Rosemary’s children took her side and were mad and disappointed in Rex. Another time when Rex was trying to kill Rosemary is when they were having a conversation on why her babies always stay longer in her stomach. This made both of them upset and Rosemary ended up

When Rex gets into abusive fights with Rosemary, he is only thinking of himself and pursuing his wants. The first example of this happening is during an argument about how long Rosemary has been pregnant with Maureen.

¨You want to help me change my life? Mom asked, I'm fine you're the one who need help. Your values are all confused¨. In the novel ¨The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls, her mother Rosemary suffered abuse at the hands of her husband and has a really interesting backstory. Rosemary Walls wanders into her own world , but still she continues to stay determined and positive. Rosemary doesn’t like rules and doesn´t really like to take care of her children. She doesn't have a good relationship, but it does get better in the novel.

The key to unlocking and understanding Marisol by Jose Rivera is in recognizing and examining the 3 different worlds Marisol works her way through over the course of the play. The main character, Marisol Perez, dies in the very first scene and spends the rest of the play trying to pass onto her impending afterlife. Additionally, Marisol is a play about Puerto Rican culture and religion and how it affects not only the life of an individual, but also the death of our main character.

In New York, Jeannette seems hardened when she effectively ignores her mother’s scrounging for food. Thus, there is a role reversal between Jeannette and Rosemary. As Duckworth says of gritty people: “when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive” (Scelfo, New York Times). Indeed, Jeannette is metacognitive; after all, she wrote this book about her own upbringing and present life, but she is not “giving” and neither were her parents. If Jeannette’s drive was due to grit, one certainly must question what her successes were. She achieved her “singularly important goal,” but lacks successful interpersonal relationships having failed to help her family. It seems Jeannette has not changed, but simply grown further into her parents lessons and roles. Like Rosemary, she does not give. Like Rex, she has high ambitions. Granted, without the abuse of alcohol, Jeannette is able to hold a job, which may be a result of witnessing alcohol’s effect on her father. That positive effect, however, is the result of observation, not Rex’s parenting. The effect of the laissez-faire parenting style was the self-reliant ability to flee to New York and do as she pleased, but the neglectful

In The Bad Seed, by William March, Rhoda Penmark is an eight year old girl, who is charming, polite, and intelligent beyond her years. Yet, by the way she portrays herself, making her come a crossed as a sociopath who harms anyone that disturbs her the wrong way. On the other hand, Christine Penmark is quite the opposite she is a beautiful, young, empathetic, well-groomed mother of Rhoda. Throughout William March’s book the relationship between Rhoda Penmark and her mother Christine Penmark is a complicated one. At the beginning, Christine loved her daughter unconditionally as any mother would love their own. Rhoda is seen to be from outsiders looking in, every mother’s dream daughter. She was well-groomed, obedient, compliant, and did well in school. Even her own mother feels this way at first, in this section of the book Christine states “I never deserved

This trend continued in Welch where not much changed for the family other than their continually deteriorating conditions. The kids had started at a new school and were having trouble assimilating, Jeannette in particular was having trouble with a group of african american kids who would beat her up every recess because of her apparent differences. However because of her past experiences with bullying she did not want to tell her parents because she thought they would “... only make things worse” (Walls 141). Jeannette is afraid of what her parents would do if she spoke out about her bullying, their neglect had made the children believe that they were better off getting beat up than ask for assistance from their parents which was probably in most cases. This further cements the idea that her fears and bullying are rooted in the neglect of Rosemary and Rex. Jeanette's problems continued to grow. Once Rex took Jeannette on his business trip, and in between games when he was hustling Robbie she danced with him. Then, not wanting to upset anyone she said nothing when Robbie groped her. All the while Rex neglected to intervene and later Robbie took her upstairs and tried to force himself on her, eventually deciding she wasn't good enough. When Jeanette told Rex about what happened, hoping he would set Robbie straight, all he did was tell her, “‘I’m sure he just pawed you some,’ Dad said as we pulled out of the parking lot. ‘I knew you could handle yourself’” (Walls 213). Rex completely neglected her the whole night, not even lifting an eyebrow when Robbie took his daughter upstairs, and because of his neglect in the past she was almost too afraid to say anything. Rex is lazy and neglectful, so in most cases he wouldn't have done anything. In this case he only said something.

Theresa held her mother and watched her die while they were waiting for the ambulance. Rosemary went to high school and worked a part-time job in order to provide for the family. She had to become an adult overnight. “Theresa was not sympathetic, and the teenage rivalry between them escalated. Her grief metamorphosed into depression and desperation while Rosemary was trying to keep the family together and carry on” (McDougal, 1995, p. 21).

          In an attempt to reflect the girl's changing awareness of her social identity and femininity, Munro weaves in a young sorrel mare, Flora. As the expectations of the girl's pending role in society grow, Flora takes up residence in the stable and adds an "air of gallantry and abandon" (470) to the girl's sheltered life. Just as the girl experiences confusion and angst, "Flora [is] given to fits of violent alarm" (470) of more of tangible nature. An approaching crossroad in Flora's life, namely her death, parallels the crossroad of identity the girl is facing. With the realization of Flora's death, the girl adopts "a new wariness, a sense of holding-off, in [her] attitude to [her] father and his work" (473), causing her to question the very foundation of her social opinions up to that point. By allowing Flora to escape through the gate, the girl symbolically opens the passageway to her feminine side. Even in its futility, this act sets the

From grandmother Erma touching Brian’s private bits to Uncle Stanley placing his hands on Jeannette’s thighs. From Rex and Rosemary Walls comes no support for their children. Instead, Walls recounts being told, “ sexual assault was a crime of perception” (Walls 184). Rosemary explains to Jeannette she feels sorry for Uncle Stanley who had just finished groping her thigh. Rosemary takes Uncle Stanley’s side when she should comfort her daughter throughout all the sexual assault she has been put through. This causes Jeannette to give up her showering at her grandpa’s house so she would no longer need to encounter Uncle Stanley. This was her way of growing up to protect herself from another incident.

Perhaps, the most significant event left out of the movie was Rose Mary’s response to Uncle Stanley’s actions. In order to establish context, Jeannette, a young girl at the time, was living in Welch prior to her relocating to New York. Her Uncle Stanley, brother of Jeannette’s father Rex, attempted to sexually assault Jeannette whilst she watched television on the couch in his room. Distressed, she attempted to disclose her experiences with her mother, who replied saying phrases such as, "Poor Stanley," and "He's so lonely." (online 116) From these meaningless responses, the reader senses feelings of disgust that viewers cannot possibly begin to know. This, of course, was not the only difference that sparked dislike for Rosemary's character. Another scene, for example, would be when Brian and Jeannette discover a two-carat diamond ring. Thrilled to sell the ring to purchase food and pay off their house,.... However, their enthusiasm did not last long, for Rose Mary found a better purpose for the ring that was absolutely self-serving. She decided to keep the ring because it would fuel her self esteem and replace the one Rex pawned years ago. Based off of the film’s perception of Rose Mary, she would never commit such an act being the motherly figure she is. In reality, the Rose Mary who kept the ring is

Secondly, self-sufficiency is illustrated through motivation. One afternoon when Jeannette was at home by herself child services came to talk to her about her living conditions and her parents. Jeannette told the man to come back when her parents were home. When Jeannette’s mom came home she told her what happened and that she needed to do something so child services wouldn't take them away, Jeannette’s mom then said, “Jeannette, you're so focused it's scary.”(195) Rosemary says when Jeannette is focused she can get intimidating. Jeannette is motivated by the need to protect her family, which shows her self sufficiency because it's up to her to keep the family together, because she knows her parents are unreliable. Additionally, Rosemary has been known to feel sorry for herself and expresses how she hates her life. When Jeannette sees her mom wallowing she stands there in disgust watching her mother give up on life when she

In the opening chapter Fitzgerald narrates that Rosemary was `nearly complete, but the dew was still wet on her'. Further references to `baby teeth' and children indicate that the author wishes the narrator of

Another source of information about her dad is her family. Irene is hesitant to talk about her first husband. First she tells Sam, “I was married to him for one month before he left, and I never saw him again…I hardly even remember him” (p. 167). She also displays some bitterness about the war and tells Sam not to make it out like it was a happy time (p. 236). Emmett is also reluctant to