Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mrs. Lyons
- Lonely
- Housewife
- Rarely sees her husband due
to his busy job
- Busies herself with materialistic things
such as pampering shopping to avoid the
overwhelming loneliness she feels
- Unable to conceive children
- Thus left alone in a big house
- Which becomes a constant reminder of her inability
to provide children and a family for her husband
- Feels ashamed she is unable to
perform the one task all husbands
expect from their wives
- Coldhearted
- Lacks the innate instincts
and love a mother holds
- So awkward around Eddie
- Does not know what to do or say
- Finds it hard to
be affectionate
towards others
- It does not help that her
husband is rarely home
- Wealthy
- However dependant on her
successful businessman husband
- She has no job of her own
- Does not do housework
- Why Mrs.Johnstone is hired
- She is an inconsiderate,
pampered but dependant
individual
- Self-centred
- Uses others for her personal gain
- After Mrs.Johnstone hands over Eddie she
discards her like a piece of unwanted trash
- Manipulates Mrs. Johnstone by
preying on her weak uneducated
and superstitious mind
- Overprotective
- Overprotective mother
- Constantly worried and anxious for Eddie
- Tries to shield Eddie from the
world and mainly people like
Mrs. Johnstone and Mickey
who she had no intentions for
Eddie to mix with
- Anxious
- Overcome by anxieties
and suspicions later on
- Anxiety leads her to become unreasonable
- Tries to attack Ms. Johnstone
- Screams that Eddie is hers
- Perhaps the results of excessive loneliness
- Or loveless life?
- Persuasive
- Persuades Mrs.Johnstone
to give her a child
- Through guilt, pressure and blackmail
- Plays on other
people's fear
- Uses Mrs. Johnstone's belief in
superstition against her
- Persuades Mr Lyons to move them away
- Plays on his fear
- He fears she has become irrational and mad