When she reads the list of names Rosaline gives her, the mother abbess says, "I sense another plague coming to the wicked men of Verona." What was your reaction to this statement?
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I agree with kimk. I couldn’t believe that she would deliberately set out to do a mass killing. And if this is just hyperbole then how can these kinds of remarks and an attitude like this further the ‘health’ of the women she is supposed to be leading and caring for in the convent.
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I rallied at the statement even not knowing what in actuality was meant by the comment. I took the statement as bold whether or not anything would come of it. The Abbess was attempting to be bold and possibly encouraging in a time when this was simply not done by women let alone an Abbess. I like to believe that the Abbess still had ideas and opinions.
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Revenge! Despite the consecrated women maintaining their own cloistered environment, they still were active members of the town and quite well-informed as to the evils lurking among the patriarchal society of Verona and surrounding villages. They also accepted many damaged individuals behind the safety of their walls which would naturally build feelings of anger and rage toward individuals, particularly the friars who participated and benefited from harming young women. I think the Abbess has reached her limit of tolerance. While I do not believe that she would actively cause "death" to others, suffering to interfere with evil practices might be creatively applied.
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