Finally, Mary Maloney’s true powerlessness is revealed in the moments after the crime. After she comes to the realization that she has killed her husband, the text states, “it was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became very clear all of a sudden”(2). Because her husband is now dead, Mary Maloney realizes that there is nothing holding her back from acting independently, and she can overcome this mental block. Overall, Mary Maloney regains complete power in a gruesome act in order to retaliate from the powerlessness she has felt for so
