Answer the following question in 150-200 words:
Anne’s relationship with her mother was never simple. What created the tension and discord? Why?
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Anne and her mother do not share a warm or even a cordial .relationship. The fact that they are stuck in such close quarters with each other makes their situation more intolerable. Anne says she simply could not stand her mother and she had to force herself not to snap at her all the time and stay calm, when she would rather slap her across the face. Anne felt her mother was not an ideal mother who would support her emotionally. She also felt her mother was fonder of her sister Margot and blamed Anne for everything.Anne feels she does not fit with her mother and sister. Anne and her mother have a different opinion on everything. Anne came to understand that her differences with her mother resulted from misunderstandings which were as much her fault as her mother’s and even realised that she added unnecessarily to her mother’s suffering. Anne was jealous of Margot for the special attention and privileges she received from their father and also because she (Margot) had quite a good relationship with their mother.