Hester’s need for money”
Hester is a wife and mother of three children, with a great obsession for wealth and money. She is a selfish, materialistic, self-centered individual who is always thinking about money and how to get more. She is never content with her family’s financial situation and is always trying to keep up with social position and what others think about her. Hester appears to be a responsible, devoted mother to her children but in reality she is constantly defining herself by the way others perceive her. Both she and her husband have received meager wages throughout their lives, which contributes to the problem of her ideal situation. It is problematic in its nature to keep up with the lavish lifestyle Hester so much desires. …show more content…
To the point, where her children have come to belief that the house they live in is obsessed by their mothers negative thoughts and greed. The children keep hearing the house speak: “ There must be more money! There must be more money.” (Lawrence 793). Her behavior becomes more obsessive, when she receives a letter from her lawyer notifying her that she just inherited five thousand pounds. It was suppose to be disbursed in lump sums of a thousand pounds over a course of five years, but her yearn for more caused her to pester her lawyer to give it all, in its totality. Little does she know, that her son Paul won this money by betting on horse races and it’s not a definite fact that he will continue to …show more content…
She is at a party and suddenly she gets a feeling of anxiety for Paul’s health and even wants him to go away for his well-being: “You’d better go to the seaside. Wouldn’t you like to go now to the seaside, instead of waiting? I think you’d better”. (Lawrence 800). Her sons declining health seems to show some change in Hester’s perspective of the need and want for money. Paul’s health declines significantly, becoming very ill and later dyeing right before winning a large sum of money from a bet he placed on a
Hester is a wife and mother of three children, with a great obsession for wealth and money. She is a selfish, materialistic, self-centered individual who is always thinking about money and how to get more. She is never content with her family’s financial situation and is always trying to keep up with social position and what others think about her. Hester appears to be a responsible, devoted mother to her children but in reality she is constantly defining herself by the way others perceive her. Both she and her husband have received meager wages throughout their lives, which contributes to the problem of her ideal situation. It is problematic in its nature to keep up with the lavish lifestyle Hester so much desires. …show more content…
To the point, where her children have come to belief that the house they live in is obsessed by their mothers negative thoughts and greed. The children keep hearing the house speak: “ There must be more money! There must be more money.” (Lawrence 793). Her behavior becomes more obsessive, when she receives a letter from her lawyer notifying her that she just inherited five thousand pounds. It was suppose to be disbursed in lump sums of a thousand pounds over a course of five years, but her yearn for more caused her to pester her lawyer to give it all, in its totality. Little does she know, that her son Paul won this money by betting on horse races and it’s not a definite fact that he will continue to …show more content…
She is at a party and suddenly she gets a feeling of anxiety for Paul’s health and even wants him to go away for his well-being: “You’d better go to the seaside. Wouldn’t you like to go now to the seaside, instead of waiting? I think you’d better”. (Lawrence 800). Her sons declining health seems to show some change in Hester’s perspective of the need and want for money. Paul’s health declines significantly, becoming very ill and later dyeing right before winning a large sum of money from a bet he placed on a