After “the mandatory bed rest after the clinic visit,” Anna awakens to the realities that confront her and her desire to help her children is resurrected. Kneeling down on the floor alongside to reassure her [Mazie]; smiling a tormented smile. “I’ve got to..” her throat constricting, “do something.” “I dont know,” twisting and twisting the rompers, “I…don’t …know.” Anna’s desire to help her children is resurrected. Unfortunately, Anna has exhausted her resources, leaving only frustrated desire and desperation. Sarah McLachlan’s song, Mary, captures the essence of desperation born of the frustrated desires of a diminishing woman. Just as Mary “hangs her head” and views her unrecognizable reflection in the water, Anna awakens from her illness to face her own desperate reflection in the reality of her situation. Mary reaches up looking for hope “with trembling hands” just as Anna wrings her hands as her mind desperately reaches for a way to satisfy her unfulfilled desires.
In her desperation, Anna once again turns to Jim and looks for hope in his unfulfilled promises.
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