How does mrs pearson assert her position as the mother of the family

Mrs. Person’s problem is that she is neglected by her husband and children. She is very fond of her family. She runs after them all the time, takes their orders as if she was the servant in the house and stays at home every night while they go out enjoying themselves. She takes no holiday. They have come to believe that she is there simply to look after them and wait for them. So they take, no notice of her. Her neighbour, Mrs. Fitzgerald, helps her solve this problem. She advises Mrs. Pearson to assert her rights as the mistress of the house if she wants them to treat her properly. Mrs. Pearson says that she does keep dropping a hint now and then but she can’t be harsh with them as she does not want any unpleasantness in the house. Mrs. Fitzgerald asks her to let her do it. Mrs. Pearson wonders how it is possible. Mrs. Fitzgerald tells her that they would change their personalities with each other. She had learnt this trick when she was in East. Mrs. Pearson hesitates but she finally agrees. The two women change their personalities. Now, Mrs. Pearson with Mrs. Fitzgerald’s personality, puts the members of her family in their proper places. They begin to give her due regard and consideration.

Mrs. Pearson’s problem is that she is neglected by her husband and children. She is very fond of her family. She runs after them all the time, takes their orders as if she was the servant in the house and stays at home every night while they go out enjoying themselves. She takes no holiday. They have come to believe that she is there simply to look after them and wait for them, so they take, no notice of her. Her neighbour, Mrs. Fitzgerald, helps her solve this problem. She advises Mrs. Pearson to assert her rights as the mistress of the house if she wants them to treat her properly. Mrs. Pearson says that she does keep dropping a hint now and then but she can’t be harsh with them as she does not want any unpleasantness in the house. Mrs. Fitzgerald asks her to let her do it. Mrs. Pearson wonders how it is possible. Mrs. Fitzgerald tells her that they would change their personalities with each other. She had learnt this trick when she was in East. Mrs. Pearson hesitates but she finally agrees. The two women change their personalities.

Doris is a spoilt girl. She orders Mrs Pearson as if she were a servant in the house. She asks her to press her yellow silk. She has to go out with her boy-friend Charlie. She also asks her to serve her tea. Mrs Pearson takes her to task. She ignores her completely. She asks Doris to help herself. She even ridicules Doris’s boy-friend Charlie. She calls him “buck teeth and half-witted”. Doris nearly comes to tears. Mrs Fitzgerald wants Mrs Pearson to let her set the members of her family right. Mrs Pearson replies that no one else can do it. The members of her family won’t allow any other to dictate them. Mrs Fitzgerald tells that they can exchange places. She looks like her and Mrs Pearson like Mrs Fitzgerald. It won’t last long and they can change back at will. Mrs Fitzgerald holds her hand and mutters: “Arshtatta dum Arshtatta”. In this way. they assume their bodies. Tips: - Imp. As the exchange of personalities takes place, Mrs Pearson receives all the traits of Mrs Fitzgerald. She becomes aggressive and dominating. She becomes the boss of the family. She takes Doris and Cyril to task for their inaction. She asks them to help themselves. She doesn’t spare even her husband. She reminds George how people laugh at him behind his back. They call him “Pompy-Ompy Pearson”. Tips: - Imp. Doris Pearson is the daughter of Mrs Pearson. She is a pretty girl in her early twenties. She looks pleasant but she is a spoilt ‘child’. She makes her mother run after her all the time. She g...

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|| J.B. PRIESTLY || J.B. Priestley’s Mother’s Day’ describes the plight of a mother in her own family. Her husband and children treat her like a servant. Mrs Pearson is such a lady. Her next door neighbour Mrs Fitzgerald helps her. She transforms a timid and weak woman into the mis tress and boss of her family. Mrs Pearson sets her spoilt children Doris and Cyril and her pompous husband George right. Question 1: This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family. What are the issues it raises? Do you think it caricatures these issues or do you think that the problems it raises are genuine? How does the play resolve the issues? Do you agree with the resolution? Answer: The play raises many serious issues. The first and foremost is proper appreciation of a housewife’s role and responsibilities. Those who work eight hours a day and forty hours a week treat the housewife as an unpaid domestic servant, who must carry out their orders. They neither request her nor thank her for her services. The second issue is the reciprocity of love and gratitude towards the mother or wife. The husband, son and daughter leave the lady of the house alone every night and go out to enjoy themselves in their several ways. They do not take any notice of her and have become thoughtless and selfish. The mother’s excessive love, care and promptness to serve them also spoil them. The problems the play raises are serious. The treatment is of ...