As I began to read this story, my initial reaction was to feel sorry for this woman who was going through a troubling time in her life. But then the more I read, I started to feel that she was just dissatisfied with her role of being just a housewife and mother. She wanted more from her life and even she did not know what that was. I realize that people go through changes in their lives, but shutting out the ones you love, and who love you never really helps the situation. If the women needed more help than what the husband could give, and I think she did, why was a Doctor never brought in or mentioned? Something as troubling in ones life such as this, it seems as though they would do whatever was needed to get better. I could not even imagine having a three year old child whom I would not want to spend my day with.
When the women moves into the white room, she brought with her all the necessities she would need for awhile. "All day long she stayed in the white room. She was a young queen, a virgin in a tower; she was the previous inhabitant, the girl with all the energies."(19) She did not like her life, and in this room she could pretend to be anyone she wanted. But, even that did not make her feel any better. "She tried these personalities on like costumes, then discarded them." (19) She could not find anything happy in her life, so she completely shut herself off from everyone and everything, both physically and emotionally.
Was her husband going to go on like this forever? Was he going to let his wife live secluded in her own room, while he worked, watched the child, and tried to take care of her?
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I think the author creates an extreme situation intentionally partly for the "shock value" it creates but also to keep us hooked and wondering. Looks like it works!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post. You make some key points why was a doctor never in the picture? I think that the dad thinks that she is going to get better if he just gives here space. He can not grasp the fact that there is something seriously wrong with his wife. That's why her death is so devistating to him.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think the Husband is the all time enabler, a spineless human being or maybe the all time plotter. If your wife is hiding in her room and you have a babysitter for a while watching the child, then you can do whatever you want. Where was the rest of the family, her side of the family, parents, grandparents, clergy, a doctor?
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