Pale Horse Miranda
Similar to Porter when Barbara Thompson asked her, in the interview held in Paris 1963, if there is “something comparable to the experience of Miranda in ‘Pale Horse, Pale Riders,’” she replied “the plague of influenza …It took me long time to go out and live in the world again” (Porter and Givner 85). During the period sickness Adam takes care of her mostly. After she is fully recovered, she realizes that Adam was infected by influenza and died by it. Porter later proclaimed that “the real ‘Adam’ was named Alexander Barclay and was the only man she truly loved (BOLLINGER 369).
Pale Horse, Pale Riders opens with dreams and memories. Miranda wakes up from a nightmare dream of riding pale horse and memories of ancestors. She works voluntarily …show more content…
She blames herself for his death as she expects the sickness to be transferred from her. During these moments, she begins to think of past and she is haunted by Adam’s ghost, similar to Laurel in The Optimist Daughter, who is haunted by memories of her mother and husband during her father’s funeral days. Miranda begins to think of herself in tradition values, she asks Towney for: “One Lipstick, medium, one ounce falsk Biois d’Hiver perfume, one pair of gray suede gauntlets without straps, two pairs gray sheer stocking without clocks … One walking stick of silvery wood with a silver knob” (Porter …show more content…
Miranda turns again the traditional role of female as domestic and obedient to become more masculine and independent.
Overall, Laura who is a female protagonist The Optimistic Daughter leaves her hometown when she is child and return for her father’s funeral. She is shocked by the behavior of her father’s new wife, Fry who married Laura’s father to gain wealth. Fry does not try to assimilate herself with her husband’s community and culture at the same time she tries to ignore her own identity and traditions. Meanwhile, Laura who tries to respects her tradition but being away from her townhome creates a gap in her understanding of traditions. She could not feel the way people of her hometown feel for their
Pale Horse, Pale Riders opens with dreams and memories. Miranda wakes up from a nightmare dream of riding pale horse and memories of ancestors. She works voluntarily …show more content…
She blames herself for his death as she expects the sickness to be transferred from her. During these moments, she begins to think of past and she is haunted by Adam’s ghost, similar to Laurel in The Optimist Daughter, who is haunted by memories of her mother and husband during her father’s funeral days. Miranda begins to think of herself in tradition values, she asks Towney for: “One Lipstick, medium, one ounce falsk Biois d’Hiver perfume, one pair of gray suede gauntlets without straps, two pairs gray sheer stocking without clocks … One walking stick of silvery wood with a silver knob” (Porter …show more content…
Miranda turns again the traditional role of female as domestic and obedient to become more masculine and independent.
Overall, Laura who is a female protagonist The Optimistic Daughter leaves her hometown when she is child and return for her father’s funeral. She is shocked by the behavior of her father’s new wife, Fry who married Laura’s father to gain wealth. Fry does not try to assimilate herself with her husband’s community and culture at the same time she tries to ignore her own identity and traditions. Meanwhile, Laura who tries to respects her tradition but being away from her townhome creates a gap in her understanding of traditions. She could not feel the way people of her hometown feel for their