![]() ![]() This is particularly true for Elizabeth who has had aspirations to be an actress since she was a young girl. ![]() Also by describing the hotel as old and faded likewise so too are the dreams or ambitions that Elizabeth and Tom have. They too appear to live a life that is full of failure, gloom and darkness. This may be important as in many ways Anderson’s description of the hotel mirrors the life and circumstances of both Elizabeth and Tom Willard. Throughout the story he uses words like old, faded, failure, gloom and darkness when describing the Willard’s hotel. Taken from his Winesburg, Ohio collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises how significant or symbolic Anderson’s description of the setting is. In Mother by Sherwood Anderson we have the theme of disillusion, acceptance, hope, escape, paralysis and ambition. ![]()
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