Ladies of Missalonghi
The author of the book, The Ladies of Missalonghi, by Colleen McCullough describes to the reader how Missy, an unattractive woman, in a small town differs from Alicia. Missy, the daughter of Drusilla did not really have any self-confidence in herself. "She would begin by wondering what she really looked like. The house owned only one mirror, in the bathroom, and it was forbidden to stand and gaze at one's reflection. Thus Missy's impressions of herself were hedged with guilt that she might have stayed too long gazing. Oh, she knew she was quite tall, she knew she was far too thin, she knew her hair was straight and dark, that her eyes were black-brown, and her nose sadly out of kilter due to a fall as a child. She knew her mouth drooped down at its left corner and twisted up at its right, but she didn't know how this made her rare smiles fascinating and her normal solemn expression a clown like tragicomedy"(Pg.35-36). Missy didn't really pay close attention to what she really looked liked. It didn't matter how women appeared in those days as how it does today. They seem to think that it's evil to look at oneself in the mirror, and that it's forbidden for a woman to look at her own image. "Life had taught her to think
The color brown which made her figure even more darken, is the color that she liked best. Even in her mid-twenties she was still treated unfairly. She also had a cousin by the name of Alicia Marshall. From time to time she would faint and not even know that she fainted. They seem to think that Alicia has it all, she has the look, the wealth, and the men kissing at her feet. Her husband, a wealthy man, makes her part of his company and Alicia runs off with a chauffeur who makes less than what she made at her hat store. Missy finally finds her romance and love, and the intimacy she always wanted. "A truly exquisite creature, Alicia Marshall. She was like Cinderella who was left behind to clean and do everything. So each night she would wonder what she looked like"(Pg. Even when she left the house to go get something, she always thought about milking the cows and that she had to hurry back before her mother would get mad at her. She also was chauffeured and was treated like a queen. Missy, like a shadow who was never noticed is beginning to come out of the dark. Even Missy's mother respected Alicia, she lost her dreams and hope for Missy therefore she transferred it towards Alicia.
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