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Friday, April 17, 2009
Martha
Why does Mary respond so well to Martha? What characteristics of Martha's are responsible for awakening the gentleness in Mary? compare Martha's treatment of Mary to Mary's treatment of Colin. Did it have the same effect?
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I think Mary responds well to Martha because Martha makes it very easy for her to get over herself. She doesn't seem to get upset or critical of Mary when she sees what a spoiled and useless little girl she is. She is so good humored and real that Mary sees how ridiculous her drama is. Then she kind of makes a similar stance with Colin, except she's not as kind as Martha and much more feisty. But it got the job done! He needed a good kick in the rear!
I like that Martha is kind to Mary but also practical. She empowers her to dress herself and take control of her own life.
Mary in turn empowers Colin to take ownership of his life. She may have been a bit more harsh but Colin would not have changed without a big loud wake up call.
Martha doesn't treat Mary harshly, she just shows Mary through the way she talks and treats her that she may be a little more unusual than she thought.
It is said many times that Mary didn't realize how spoiled and cross she was. I think Martha showed that to her by opening her eyes to other things.
I don't think Mary could have treated Colin the same way because he was still in the situation of being coddled and given everything he wanted.. where as Mary was no longer in her room with her servants that did her every bidding. He needed something to take him out of it.
In her own way Martha was as important to Mary as Dickon was. She wouldn't let Mary treat her as a slave but kindly let her know that she could dress herself and take care of herself and helped her to see how her ways of treating people sometimes were not kind. She helped Mary to feel important, loved, and helped her gain her own independence and to realize that she was very capable of doing things for herself. This gave Mary the ability to search out and find things that gave her joy and love that she had not felt before.
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