PRESENTATION OF MARY TYRONE Flashcards
(17 cards)
How is Mary Tyrone represented?
- A symbol of tragedy and dissllusionment.
- A represetion of delusion and denial.
- Fixation on the past reflects the theme of dislocation of time.
- Disillusioned wife and mother who resents her domestication.
Theme: Symbol of tragedy & disillusionment (key supporting quotes)
‘I love the fog .. it hides you from the world and the world from you .. no one can find you or touch you anymore’
Her hands ‘were once beautiful .. but rheumatism has knotted the joints and warped the fingers’
I love the fog….
It hides you from the world, and the world from you .. no one can find you or touch you anymore.
Her hands ‘were once…?’
…beautiful but rheumatism has knotted the joints and warped the fingers’
Theme- representation of delusion & denial
‘Mary (turns on him resentfully) Why do you say that? It’s just a cold! Anyone can tell you that. You always imagine things!’
‘Mary has hidden deeper within herself and has found release in a dream where present relality is but an apperance to be accepted and dismissed unfeelingly’
Mary turns on him resentfully…
Why do you say that? Its just a cold! Anyone can tell that, You always imagine things!
Mary has hidden deeper within herself…
Found release in a dream where present reality is nothing but an apperance to be dismissed unfeelingly
Theme- Thematic catalyst for the family’s dysfunction
‘It makes it so much harder, living in this atmosphere of constant suspicion, knowing.. none of you believe in me or trust me’
‘The hardest thing to take is the blank wall she builds around her…’
‘The Mad Scene. Enter Ophelia!’
‘It makes it so much harder…
living in the atmosphere of constant suspition, knowing none of you believe in me or trust me.
The hardest thing to take is….?
the blank wall she builds around herself
The Mad Scene…
Enter Ophelia
Theme- Fixation with past and temporal dislocation (supporting quotes)
‘The past is the present isn’t it? Its the future too.
The past is the present is’nt it..?
Its the future too.
Disillusioned wife and mother (failed domestic ideals) supporting quotes
‘I’ve never felt it was my home. It was wrong from the start. Everything was done in the cheapest way’
‘Still people like them stand for something..they have friends who entertain them. They’re not cut off from everyone’
I’ve never felt it was my home…
‘It was wrong from the start everything was done in the cheapest way’
Still people like them stand for something…
They have friends who entertain them. They’re not cut off from everyone.
Oh, I’m so sick and tired of..
Pretending this is a home! You won’t help me! You should have remained a bachelor and lived in second-rate hotels and entertained you friends in the barrooms’
