During act one, Marge seems to have coaxed Mama into believing that she should not be keeping her grandson for his mama to run off and ca

tch up with her dreams. Mama agreed to go and bring Florence back home from up North. I think that she was jealous of her sister for having the strength to go into a white man's world to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress. Marge often made remarks like "them folks ain't gonna let her be no actor, you tell her to wake up". To me this is an indicator of her jealousy. Marge never spoke as if her sister had a hint of talent. She only worried about the money that they would lose and not the money that they could gain if Florence was a success.

Mama on the other hand, shows a little faith in Florence. Mama really didn't want to go up North unannounced and she really did not want to bring Florence back. I think that she just wanted to know that she was doing all right. Mama knew that Florence had the drive and determination to become an actress, but she listened to Marge talking all negative talk about how

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