Mother in- Laws can be so evil sometimes. After the wedding of Emare to the king of the island she washed up on and also the birth of her son, the king leaves and Emare is left in the hands of his men to be protected. Now the king sends a letter to remind his men to keep watch over her, but his own MOTHER gets the letter and responds to him with lies. His mother already thinks that she's the devil. But then again most mother of sons thinks that nobody is good enough for their own son. She writes her son that Emare gave birth to a monster and now Emare and her baby is set adrift again!! Why couldn't the mother just mind her own business! Because of her interference she has put Emare through another trip and even though she was caught by her son, I believe that she feels no regret in doing what she did.
Emare has lived a life of travels in this story. But never once she really complained or sought out revenge against the evil mother of her husband. She was reunited with her husband after he waited and cried for seven years to finally go after her. But family is family and she also reunites with her father and they live happily ever after. I am glad that even after all that Emare goes through she still has a happy ending with her son, husband, and father as one big happy family. 
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed how strong Emare is. Isn't is nice to see that she stood her ground and refused her father's proposal? I mean, in the stories that we have read, we haven't seen this figure portrayed in a women before. It was interesting to see how everything ended up in this story. Mother-in laws, mother-in laws. Theirs always got to be one! It was so annoying to see how overprotected and jealous she was over Emare. I mean come on, he's a grown ass man! But in the end, the story was about forgiveness, and Emare couldn't have been a better person to show it.
I also appreciate Emare's attitude in this story. She stood up for herself and spoke up when necessary, but also did what she had to do without complaining, like you had said. It takes a really strong person, male or female, to not fuss about two banishing boat rides. However, she did it, and I think she got her happy ending because of how well she handled all the obstacles she went through.
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