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This is evident in the constant disapproval that Mrs. Morel has for every one of Paul’s girlfriends. This is only natural considering she wants Paul all to her self and anyone else that is cutting in on their love is perceived to be a opponent. “You must remember that with the Oedipus complex it is not just the love for the mother, but the hatred for the father because of the constant competition for her love” (Slade 28).

From the very beginning of the book you can tell that the relationship between Mr. And Mrs. Morel is lackluster to say the least. Everyday after a hard day at the coal mine Mr. Morel would head to the tavern to get drunk and blow his pay for the day. If this were not bad enough he would come home drunk and physically and mentally abuse his wife and children. Although the constant metal abuse got to Mrs. Morel in the long run it was the sight of the children having to suffer that made Mrs. Morel furious. Some of the abuses throughout the novel were instances where Mr. Morel throws a drawer at her and busting her head open, locks her outside in the cold for the night while she is pregnant with his son, and calls her a “bitch”.

Another one of Mrs. Morel’s roots of feelings is her ever-evolving experiences in life. Mrs. Morel’s life always seems to be throwing her a new curve in every chapter in her life. Yet true to her nature she does not give up, because by definition she is a fighter to the end. This proved to be true because even in the end she kept on prevailing over the forces that were holding her back. Not only did she learn from her experiences, she grew from them.

Mr. Morel is a chronic alcoholic, this condition does nothing to help his financial state and it defiantly has no positive effect on his marriage. After staggering home drunk he comes home to a clean house with food. Naturally in Mr. Morel style he tries to destroy everything that she has done. In a drunken fashion he mentally and sometimes physically abuses her. On one occasion he comes home drunk as usual and ranting raving and complaining about everything. He stumbles over to get something from the drawer. The drawer is stuck so he tugs as hard as he can and when the drawer is freed it flies across the room finally connecting with Mrs. Morels head. In true Mr. Morel fashion he shows no remorse for what he has done. Is this a result of his inebriated state or of his cold heartedness?

My perspective on the novel is that Mrs. Morel is an example of a classic heroine. Some critics say that her children where the ones that suffered as a result of her behavior. To some extent this is true. Within the novel Paul suffered the most out of all the children because of his closeness with his mother and then his wanting to stray away from her at the end. I believe that she is also the victim in this story because of all that she has to deal with. Her bout with cancer, raising a family on a dismal budget, dealing with a drunken husband, mental and physical abuse, the feeling that her kin is abandoning her, and finally being euthanized by her offspring. Though she reacted in an erratic way does this make her a villain? I think it makes her a martyr.

At the end she considers her behavior more considerately and begins to back down from her post as Paul’s lover/mother. Up until the bitter end she is fighting all of the things that have kept her back all of her life; Mr. Morel, society, and at times Paul. Though while she is in her last days she does not put the blame on everyone else. She does realize some of the errors that she has made throughout her life. One of the biggest errors that she considers she has made was her overbearing tyranny over Paul. I think that they both come to the realization that they have both made some bad mistakes with each other in the past, but they recognize that and emotionally forgive each other without saying a word.

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