In the following will be explained how the life of Jessie, one of the two main character of “’Night Mother” by Marsha Norman, could have been different if she had a stronger mother and a father who did not committed suicide. Jessie was a child who did not had the possibility to be with other children because her mother was too protective. But more important the mother did not had the knowledge about epilepsy and she was too scared of what other people would say if her daughter would have had an epileptic fit outside the house. She passed on this kind of embarrassment to her daughter and this feeling held for a life time. Even though the mother came up with this feeling she is not fully guilty because she did not

Jessie grew up in a cold home and did not had any other influence opposite of the tense atmosphere at home. As a small child who felt that she was not like other children Jessie thought she was guilty of her parent’s conflict. Jessie had no one who really cared about her with all the love and care she needed, instead her family background was a mess which led her to be depressive, too.

If Jessie would have had a mother who knew how to treat an epileptic child and if Jessie would have not been confronted with a depressive father and an overprotective and helpless mother her life would have been less difficult and steadier. If the marriage between her parents would have been intact they, especially the mother, would have had more time to concentrate on their child, who needed their help so badly. Jessie’s paren

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Marsha Norman, , child jessie, family background, epileptic child jessie, jessie’s parents, life jessie, committed suicide, epileptic child,