tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post4377966108868658150..comments2010-11-22T14:19:25.721-08:00Comments on Monster Talk: A Mother Will Love the Satan Right Outdbjohn1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12939422911734425861noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post-18509213090375224852010-03-22T07:56:40.685-07:002010-03-22T07:56:40.685-07:00I'm sort of of the opinion that, as she's ...I'm sort of of the opinion that, as she's being complacent, that makes Rosemary just as evil as the people who did this to her. Wouldn't the "good" thing be to take an active role and rescue the child?Scott A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401840261793826042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post-57643256518287301852010-03-19T11:28:35.034-07:002010-03-19T11:28:35.034-07:00I agree that Rosemary is the one "good" ...I agree that Rosemary is the one "good" character in this novel. I am less certain that it was ever unclear to the reader that she wasn't a basket case. I didn't find that to very suspenseful in that it was obvious to me she was being used for some questionable purpose and that there was some danger to her and her baby if she didn't acquiesce. Which, of course, she does. Makes for a nice plot twist as you say but, like Calie's comment above mine, I wanted her to flee, too, with or without the baby. (Preferably with. I'm a mother, too.)<br /><br />Carla E. AndertonCarla E. Andertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897769133324495962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post-51135450334842555082010-03-19T07:12:46.842-07:002010-03-19T07:12:46.842-07:00See, I'm not too sure about the ending. I wan...See, I'm not too sure about the ending. I wanted Rosemary in action - perhaps rescuing her child from the clutches of evil, but what does she do? She stays there and tickles the baby.<br /><br />Argh! At the end, she's just as complicit in her own fate as at the beginning. I think she could've escaped at any point, and although I know its part of the domestic violence syndrome to fail to see a way out, and I know the time period it was written, I still wanted her to go.<br /><br />CalieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post-25024134217786511542010-03-18T22:10:54.787-07:002010-03-18T22:10:54.787-07:00Nice observations on Rosemary. I agree that this i...Nice observations on Rosemary. I agree that this is a tightly-plotted masterpiece. I read the book a long time ago and didn't know the outcome of the book, so I was completely swept in by how mostly everything that happens could be Rosemary's imagination until very close to the end. Rosemary desperately wants to believe the best about her husband and her situation until she can no longer deny the facts. At that point they have her so tightly controlled, she can't really do anything. But actually there is no way for her to escape, because she's carrying the son of Satan. I also loved the ending where Rosemary even wants to believe the best about her child.Sally Boscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644800241021837062noreply@blogger.com