... characters to their kids; hence the mother is the way she is. Both, her mother and father don't love each other, so Paul's mother also feels she can remain married without love. Her parents, probably, seek to hide everything from her, as does Paul's mother with her kids. Therefore, the mother's personality ... "There was a woman , who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck," one can make an inference that she was spoiled, and because she is spoiled, she does whatever she wants, which causes her to develop an egotistical attitude. Eventually, her ego begins to backfire on h...

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... very insecure. Usually when a person is in such a miserable situation, his self-esteem is lowered greatly, forcing him to lie and be a fake. This is the case with Paul's mother, and this is why she's depicted as phony. Another interpretation of the mother's fake behavior is, perhaps, that her parents are a ... characters to their kids; hence the mother is the way she is. Both, her mother and father don't love each other, so Paul's mother also feels she can remain married without love. Her parents, probably, seek to hide everything from her, as does Paul's mother with her kids. Therefore...

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... (pg 236) The children see in her eyes the fault looked upon them , and the love they seek cannot be found. Success for Hester is acquiring more wealth to hide her inadequacies. The family was poor, behind all the fancy furnishings and expenisive clothes. She simply was following the implications of society, that having more money ... made you a more valuable person in the community. Oscar and Paul were ... greed that resides in the household grows greater. When Hester received five thousand pounds, all she wanted was more. Paul could never satisfy her, and this drove him to his insanit...

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... (222-234). Another critic notes that Paul should be a child who is secure in his mother's love, so that he is able to seek relationships outside of his family, and instead he is arrested in his development (Kaplan 1972). The mother is a symbol of unquenchable greed. She feels that they are the "poor ... members of the family," as she tells Paul (320). In fact, this is not so. The family has a nice house, a garden and servants. They felt "superior to anyone in the neighborhood" (319). The problem lies in the expensive tastes of the mother without sufficient means to support them. But ......

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... becomes a victim of his mother rationale. Paul should be a child who is secure in his mother's love. Instead, he is arrested in his development and unable to seek relationships outside of his family. Secondly, the mother is a symbol of unquenchable greed. She feels that they are the poor members of the family as ... for the following five years. He anticipates her reaction on the morning of her birthday, expecting her to be overjoyed. Instead, she becomes cold and absent (p.653), and she did not appreciate the money that was a gift from Paul on her birthday. She was not happy with just on...

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... unstable, mentally ill, perhaps bi-polar manic-depressive or even schizophrenic. All of these terms aptly describe Stephen King's Annie Wilkes. She is a diverse and enthralling character. Although loathing immediately comes to mind when thinking of Annie the very nature of her character makes you want to discover more about her. ... Even her pet pig is named Misery. Annie is a large woman and not feminine in manner at all. Wearing either large cardigans that hide her shape and wool skirts in dull colours or jeans and flannelette shirts her hair is brown and short and un-styled. She never ...

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