Mary Maloney Analysis

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Mary Maloney curiously waits for her husband to come home from work. With an eerie state of calmness, she prepares two empty glasses, a bottle of whiskey and soda water. Mrs. Maloney sits still in her pristine living room, lifelessly and emotionlessly waiting to hear her husband’s car pull up in their driveway at precisely 4:50 pm. The organization and attention to detail evident in all of Mary Maloney’s actions is uncanny. Yet Mary Maloney continuously appears unimpeachable and clueless to those around her. Slight nuances in her body language and facial expressions expose the artificiality of this persona. Only those with an attention to detail would notice that Mrs. Maloney’s eyes “[...]seemed larger, darker than before[...]”; they have