In the play, The Diary of Anne Frank written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, Anne’s maturity level increases showing how she's maturing into a strong young woman. One way she changes in the play is her playfulness. When she first went into the secret annex, she was bright and cheerful despite her current situation, like when she takes Peter’s shoes and runs away when he tries to take them back. Another example is when she takes Mrs Van Daan’s coat and puts it on, strutting with it. A second way Anne changes is her dislike for her mother. During the start of the play, Anne and her mother had a rocky relationship not being able to understand each other, Mrs Frank wanting Anne to act more lady-like and Anne resisting. One example of Mrs …show more content…
Anne refuses and says “I'm sorry mother. I'm going to Peter's room. I'm not going to let Petronella Van Daan spoil our friendship.” Though this isn't the greatest example, it still shows Anne’s resistance towards her mother. By the end of scene three from act two, We see both Anne and Mrs Frank apologize to each other for not being the kindest to one another, Mrs Frank saying that “we've all done things that we were ashamed of.” It's a sweet scene of both a mother and her daughter feeling regret over how they treated each other before and hugging it out, realizing they've both been wrong. Despite Anne maturing there was one thing that stayed prominent about her, she always spoke her mind despite knowing it would upset others. Anne would stand up for herself against the adults in the annex, which would make most like the Van Daan parents or Mr Dussel dislike her. An Example of Anne speaking her mind is when she lashes out at her mother and says that her, Peter, and Margot were robbed of their childhood by a war they never