Indledning
The Dress is a story about an impairing relationship between two sisters and their mother. It was written by Julia Darling in 2006.
During this analysis, I will go in-depth with symbols and themes for the text and the mother's relationship to her children, and why she doesn't want to give her children attention. Flora and Rachel's relationship and why Flora wants to take Rachel's clothes.
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Uddrag
The theme in this text is neglecting is especially seen when Flora is desperately screaming for attention by stealing the dress from Rachel, and the mother isn't able to give her daughters the attention they need.
That is because her career takes up very much of her time, so she just wants to be loved when she gets home. That is also why she isn't able to solve the conflict between her children, and it’s hard for her to have responsibility for both of them since she’s the only parent.
The mother also tries to run away from her problems, instead of solving the conflict between Flora and Rachel. This has consequences at the end, where she loses both of her daughters.
The relationship between Flora and Rachel is noticeably strained and it has most likely been so for a while. When Rachel finds out that her dress is missing the first thing that gets to her mind is Flora sitting outside a café wearing her dress.”
It was their mother’s fortieth birthday, and Rachel knew that she would have to be pleasant, to forget about her stolen dresses.” (P. 1 ll. 26-28)
Even though Rachel knows that Flora stole her dress she is being extremely unselfish and tries to forget about it to give her mother a good birthday. Flora on the other hand enjoys wearing the dress and she describes it as delicious.
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