The mother, Louise, is self-conceited, and admires herself when she looks at her own reflection in her mirror, or perceives the perfect body and face of her son, Patrice. She only cares for her beautiful, yet idiotic son, and not her ugly daughter, Isabelle-Marie. She cherishes and loves Patrice’s beautiful image, and takes care of him as if he is a baby. She does not love Patrice for the person he is, nor does she have the natural love of a mother/son relationship, but only love for his appearance and beauty. When Louise is worried about her son, she only worries about his appearance. Louise’s delusional and empty love for her son was proven as her “love” quickly diminished when Patrice h

Patrice is the very beautiful son of Louise. His beauty is considered the most important thing in his mother’s life. He is very idiotic and dependent on his mother’s care. He only cares about his beautiful appearance; he loves himself because his mother raised him this way. Everyone only noticed his beauty; they did not notice that he was an idiot. Patrice always brought himself peace by looking at his own reflection in a mirror or the lake. His love for his mother could be seen as delusional, he only loved the way his mother took care of him and gave him everything he wanted. He wanted his mother all to himself and to always be there for him. When Louise married Lanz, it ultimately led to her not paying much attention to Patrice, which drove him crazy. Patrice ended up guiding his racing horse into Lanz’s chest and killing him. Not long after, Patrice had his face destroyed by boiling water, which ruined his obsession with his beautiful appearance. Following this incident, Patrice no longer existed to his mother because she perceived him as ugly, she sent Patrice to an asylum where he became friends with a man named Faust. He somewhat took the place of his mother by giving Patrice companionship. Faust died in the asylum, leaving Patrice to feel alone, he escaped and returned home. He then found nothing but lifeless ruins, and his mother was no longer there. This left him with nothing else in the world; and ultimately drove Patrice to run to the lake to fin

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