During the summer I read the play "Madea" by Michael Collier.
Throughout the play I came across a passage that grasped my attention.
"Nothing will undo my resolve to kill my children and escape- but it must be quick.
If I hesitate now someone else will murder them more cruelly. There's no way out.
They must die. And I who gave them life will take it(76)." This passage reveals how nefarious Madea is.
She is filled with rage because her husband Jason left her for another mistress. She is willing to go to the extremes to get revenge on him, as far as to kill her own children.
Madea wishes to make him suffer for the grief he caused her.
The use of language was powerful " And I who gave them life will take it" I disagree with Madea killing her children just to acquire revenge.
She has no right to decide when her children's lives come to an end. The children are not to blame for what Jason has done. They are innocent and should come first in her life.
But Madea thinks otherwise "For even if you kill your sons, you once loved them dearly(76)." Madea does not care for her children and the thought of killing them can bother her less.
Reading this passage portrayed Madea as a woman who was rather bazaar.
Questions such as if she was mentally insane came to mind.
Perhaps she did not intentionally mean to kill her children and developed a disorder that
lead her to commit such a crime.
This is a pretty interesting quote. I’m going to have to agree with you, when you said she goes to an extreme, just to get revenge. Although, it seems harsh and terribly cruel, I could see why she would go to such an extent. After all, going through so much anguish, I am sure she would not be in a stable state of mind. The novel seems fairly exceptional and I'll consider reading it in the near future.
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