Who or What is Miriam
Click on the image above to see the full chartWho or what is Miriam?
I. Image of lost youth & beauty
A. Mrs. Miller described as plain
B. Dream: nobody cares where they're going or why because a beautiful girl is leading them
C. Miriam's eyes have no childlike qualities , large vocabulary
D. "Aren't imitations sad?" - Mrs. Miller buys real flowers = trying to regain sense of beauty
II. Mrs. Miller makes Miriam up because she is lonely
A. Lives alone, widow, has no friends
B. Same name - not alone
C. Mrs. Miller goes to the movie alone, then meets Miriam
III. Imagined
A. Knows where Mrs. Miller lives - doesn't say how she knows
B. Textual Evidence
C. Neighbor finds no sign of her
D. Mrs. Miller could be doing Miriam's actions herself then imagining Miriam did it.
E. Miriam just shows up,takes control, and rifles through Mrs. Miller's personal things - goes right to most valuable item
F. Why is Mrs. Miller still awake at 11 when Miriam visits if she is always asleep by 10?
IV. Miriam is an alien
A. Strange eyes: large, no childlike qualities
B. Miriam mysteriously knows where Mrs. Miller lives
C. Disappears for neighbors, appears with heavy box
D. Mysteriously buys vase, flowers (real), cherries, almond cakes
E. Imitation things are sad
V. Miriam is an angel or a helpful spirit, but real and physically interactive
A. Interaction between Miriam & the movie attendant & usher
B. Physical interactions between Miriam & Mrs. Miller
C. Comes & goes like a spirit
D. Breaks through Mrs. Miller's isolation - gets her to help with movie
E. Mrs. Miller leaves house to go buy the stuff for Miriam
F. Miriam motivates Mrs. Miller to buy real, living roses
G. Mrs. Miller spontaneously buys cakes & cherries
posted by Jeffrey at
7:16 AM
1 Comments:
I wanted to add somethimg to the discussion of the story Miriam. i though of another possible theory. I think that Miriam might be real. The textual evidence might be supported by the evidence of Miriam appearing in Mrs. Millers life when she was standing in line to get the ticket, she looked at Miriam and as Miriam noticed her she decided to come up to her, as she though that Mrs. Miller was nice and maybe she though that she was lonely looking and she decided to make her company. Another evidence would be when Miriam said that she lived with an old man before, that means that she actually lived with someone and that she liked Mrs. Miller a lot and wanted to stay with her and keep her company in her lonely life.
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