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This paper suggests Marilla’s motherhood and her relationship with Anne is not as controlling as the majority of people thought it to be. In many studies, Marilla was considered to be the demolisher of Anne’s wild characteristic and a definite cause of Anne’s conformity. Whether or not Anne truly was pruned down and conformed is controversial in the field of literature analysis, whereas Marilla was always seen as the antagonist of Anne’s romantic and wild nature. In this paper, Marilla is seen as a friend of Anne rather than a controlling mother who has a cold and brutal power over Anne’s transformative changes. The focus of this paper is the transformation of Marilla as well as her unique form of motherhood and her inner transformation. (Yonsei University)
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I. Introduction
II. THE JOURNEY OF LESS THAN PERFECT BUT NOT EVIL MOTHERING
2.1 Mothers as teacher and preacher
2.2 Marilla’s failure to talk sense into Anne
2.3 Marilla’s true relationship with Anne
2.4 Marilla’s originality in mother characters of literature
2.5 Marilla’s flawed motherhood
III. Uniting with self and community: Dissimilating otherness
3.1 Green Gables within the social fabric
3.2 Marilla’s escape from her comfort zone
IV. Further discussions and conclusion
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