In The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, how does Beatrice renting a room to Mr. Mayo affect Ruth?

Beatrice, Ruth's unstable mother, makes money from taking sick people into her household. It is not a lot of money. It even makes one wonder whether Beatrice could possibly make the effort to find something less traumatizing and serious with which to make a living. In act 1, we get a glimpse of how this living arrangement affects Ruth. One of the boarders, Mr. Mayo, is a man who suffers from a brain tumor. It is implied in the play that Ruth checks on Mr. Mayo and, one night, finds him dead. The event is traumatic enough to still affect Ruth. She says, He's after me! [. . .] It was the dream, with Mr. Mayo again. [. . .] Well, they say I came out of my room . . . And I started down the stairs, step by step . . . and I heard the choking and banging on the bed, and . . . She is traumatized to the point of having nightmares in which Mr. Mayo chases after her. The nightmares set off her seizures, and her condition becomes a never-ending, vicious cycle where nothing really gets resolved. After all, Beatrice essentially tells Ruth to not let it get to her and go on about her business as if the nightmares and seizures were part of their "normal" life: You're not going to let yourself go, do you hear me, Ruth? You're not going to go! Beatrice essentially puts the blame on Ruth for setting off her own seizures due to traumas brought to the home by Beatrice herself. This said, it is arguable that the addition of sick people to an already toxic living environment is tantamount to another layer of negative energy in the household. It means an additional source of stress for the girls and Beatrice alike. It makes the situation in the home all the more oppressive and conducive to chaos. This should not be shocking, since Beatrice thrives on chaos; as a toxic person, she needs this negativity as part of her pathological behavior.

The first time Ruth has a convulsion results from a nightmare she has about Mr. Mayo. To make money, Beatrice cares for the elderly (Nanny) and the sick. Evidently, Ruth has epilepsy and her seizures can be triggered by unpleasant thoughts. Mr. Mayo could have been quite sick and thus, he may have physically looked very ill. Note that Beatrice refers to Nanny as a corpse. These types of images just add ideas of death and decay to the hostile lifestyle in which they live. Because she is so bitter, Beatrice doesn't consider what effects the situation will have on her daughters. Here, Ruth shows a tendency she inherits from her mother: reliving past trauma, for Ruth, in the form of nightmares. Ruth's second seizure is brought on when she finds that her mother has killed Peter, the rabbit. In both cases, Ruth's convulsions are brought on by stress related to the turbulent environment she lives in: their home.

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比阿特丽斯鲁思不稳定的母亲从带病人进她家挣钱钱不多令人疑惑Beatrice能否努力寻找少受创重活

行为1中,我们能一目了然地了解这种生活安排如何影响Ruth宿主之一maio人患脑肿瘤Ruth检验Mr.maio和,一天晚上发现他死事件创伤到仍然影响Ruth她说

他在追我.....重新maio.........并开始下楼梯一步步..并听到窒息并按在床上..

心理创伤到作恶梦maio追逐恶梦点燃了她的失眠症,而她的病情变成永无休止的恶性循环,没有真正解决之道。归根结底,Beatrice基本告诉Ruth不要让事情发生在她身上,继续处理她的事务,仿佛恶梦和抓获是他们正常生活的一部分:

你不会放任自流的听见了吗鲁思你不会去的

Beatrice基本上责怪Ruth自发抓获因Beatrice自己带回家的创伤

说到此,有争议地说,将病人添加到本已有毒生活环境等于家庭内另一层负能意指对女孩和Beatrice都是一种额外压力源令家庭环境更加暴虐并助长混乱

这不应该令人震惊,因为Beatrice在混乱中兴旺身为毒虫,她需要这种负向性作为其病理行为的一部分

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Ruth第一次对Mrs做恶梦产生抽搐结果maio市Beatrice关心长者(Nanny)和病人露丝明显癫痫发作,不愉快思想可触发她的癫痫发作师傅maio可能病得很重,因此,他可能身体看起来病得很重注意Beatrice称保姆为死尸图片类型只会增加死亡和腐烂思想并增加他们赖以生存的敌对生活方式因她如此苦切比阿特丽斯不考虑环境会对她女儿产生什么影响Ruth展示出从母亲继承的倾向:重活过去的创伤,对Ruth来说,以恶梦的形式

鲁思第二次发作时发现她母亲杀了兔子PeterRuth的抽搐与她生活的动荡环境相关压力产生:他们的家