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Mary King Character Analysis

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Mary Russell

Laurie R. King is a mother who I imagine must define herself as a strong women. I believe when King created Mary Russell she kept herself in mind and she wanted Mary to posse some of the characteristics she thinks her herself posses. King even allowed Mary to posse a characteristic that she does not have. In The Moor King characterizes Mary Russell as intelligent, independent, and not patient.

I feel that King was trying to set Mary apart from other women around at her time. King wanted to make Mary a stronger woman than the average women. What is a strong women without intelligence? King portrays Mary as intelligent when she has Holmes send her a note and in the note he says, “Close your books.” meaning that she was always reading (pg.2). I infer that Mary read more than the average women and maybe even more than the average man. Therefore, I inferred that Mary must have been very smart since usually when someone reads more than the normal …show more content…

I strongly feel this is because if one wants to be seen as a strong women in today’s world one has to be independent. In The Moor King portrays Mary as independent when she has Mary to admit that she sees her and Holmes’ marriage as “... that of two individuals than that of a bound couple.” meaning that besides on legal documents they are not united (pg.7).This to me shows that Mary is not looking for a man to be by her side and that she has no problem stating that she is alone. This is a key aspect King specifically wanted to portray in her Mary Russell stories. Randall Stock in his article, “Laurie Talks About Writing, Russell, and Holmes”, speaks about how King wanted to make sure it was clearly understood that Mary was the protagonist by making sure that Mary and Holmes took separate paths through out her books (“Laurie Talks About…”). King’s determination to make sure that her readers saw Mary as her own person justifies that King created her to be

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