In 1813, John died, Mary never remarried again. She worked as servant for the rest of her life. People described her as a short, heavy-set woman who had an abrupt manner. She loved children and was a tender, careful nurse to the sick. Mary McCauley did have a rough side, however.
Once again if you read the whole book, you learn that Mary actually achieves her goal and turns out to be a wonderful person who figures out what life is through traveling. Another example would be aquote such as “ Sometimes you walk into a room one person, and when you come out the other side, you’re someone else altogether.” I believe this uncovers or foreshadows that she will change throughout the
Abby’s group of teenage girls is speculated of practicing witchcraft. Mary’s character is consistently timid, naive and easily influenced making her an easy target for groupthink which impacts her decision to reunite with the group after she was so close to obtaining her own voice.
Mary is part of the courts and seems to use this to manipulate her employer, Mr. Proctor. Her first act of defiance was when she told him that he could not order her to bed, give her whippings, or stop her from going to court proceedings (Miller, pg. 59). It is not certain if she knew the intent of Abigail to use the poppet to condemn Elizabeth Proctor. However, when she asked by Mr. Proctor to tell the truth about the poppet, she adamantly says that she cannot because she fears the girls will turn on her. When she does have a change of heart and is put in front of the courts, she shows her weak side and you can see her confidence wane.
The teenage group of girls that cause most, if not all, of the hysteria and turmoil in Salem demonstrate a weak will and overflowing jealousy and greed. In short, they personify sins and unsavory human traits. Mary Warren, the housekeeper for the Proctor family, demonstrates this pusillanimous nature when she is swayed over to Abigail's side by the other girls. “...Mary, as though infected, opens her mouth and screams with them... Abigail, out of her infinite charity, reaches out and draws the sobbing Mary to her...
This is one example of Mary Warren’s cowardly nature. She contradicts herself throughout the play with a lack of structural values that the audience, or even other characters, can rely on her for. Her weak nature becomes a source of frustration on several occasions, such as at the end of Act II, when after a long struggle between herself and everyone else in the court, Mary turns completely against John Proctor and proclaims that he is, “...the Devil‘s man!” This is a much different claim than the one she made when first arriving in the court, and when speaking to John himself. This shows why Mary Warren is a character most notable for her weakness and
It is for sure obvious that Mary’s life goals and personality has definitely changed. While reading this play I remember very clearly this moment. When they were in court the bossy Abigail told Mary to make a poppet to give to proctor and of course Mary listens and immediately and does it. Mary didn’t have to do anything Abby says but Mary went back to her old self and listens to people when they tell her what to do.
Mary is a servant of the Proctors and one of the girls caught in the woods with Abigail, who can be seen as a protagonist and an antagonist of the play. She is a flat character who simply seeks for the approval and reliance of others. Particularly, Mary liked the power she was receiving from the court as she says “I am an official of the court, they say” (59) and brags about saving Elizabeth’s life at the court. In contrast, she is not a stereotyped character because she is constantly persuaded by others, which also adds to her dynamic characteristic. Her stance constantly changes as she first started on the side with Abigail and the rest of the girls, but later claims that it was a pretense.
In Percy Shelly’s preface, he doesn’t mention Mary in order to protect her, and he aims to build a path for the reader to understand the novel under a particular light. In the Victorian Era, the events of the
Though she is portrayed as meek, even more so than Elizabeth, she attempts to stand up for herself throughout the play. However, this only leads to her being mistreated by John, Abigail, and various others. At one point she has to choose between listening to John, who had previously grabbed her by the throat (Miller 80) or Abigail and the rest of the girls who bullied her into silence (Miller 18-19). Mary exemplifies the reasons why women typically did not stand up for themselves, especially against men who were their most common
Mary signifies a lack of ability to face reality. Mary would rather mask herself with drugs and blame others for her problems. James Tyrone is blamed by Mary for her drug addiction and misery, even though James is trying his best to make Mary happy, but clearly she is not appreciative towards his efforts. Mary complains about their house not being a home for the family and says that everything about the house was done in the cheapest way. The main aspect is that Mary and her addiction is the main cause of many problems in the Tyrone family, although she still continues to put the blame on other people even though they aren’t in the wrong.
“Patrick! She called. How are you darling. She put the parcel down and went into the living room and when she saw him lying on the ground.” Mary also creates an act that makes the detectives believe that she did not do anything to do with the murder.
She started out as just the Proctors’ servant. Mary is the Proctors’ second servant. After some time, she started going to the court. Mary’s first big problem is being accused of making a poppet and stabbing it for it to stab Abigail. Although she did make a poppet while in court, but she didn’t stab the doll in meaning of stabbing Abigail.
Mary attempts to conform to society 's expectations of a woman, but fails in doing so. She reads books vigorously, but will not be able to think deeply about its meaning--she simply regurgitates facts without analyzing them. She strives to be what society expects of her, but it results in complete loss of personality on her part. Kitty is described as being flirtatious and gossipy, sometimes to an irritating point. She does not have an extended description, but Austen intended for readers to assume that she was consumed with matters, not of love, but lust.
From the beginning, you can see how the Mary might change to the point where she wants to kill her husband. In the beginning she is shown waiting eagerly for her husband to walk thru the door. Roald Dahl shows this by Mary looking at the clock every once and awhile. She would know that every time a minute goes by, the closer he is to home. Patrick finally comes home and sits down to drink.
