Question

Character sketch of Miss Martha from the story Witches’Loaves

Answer 1

Answer:

Miss Martha and the Gentlemen

Miss Martha, our protagonist in this story, owns a small bakery. She is middle-aged and single, but still holds out some hope for a love connection. When a man with a German accent comes in two or three times a week, Martha begins to think of him as a possibility.

Answer 2

O. Henry's ''Witches' Loaves'' is a story about a woman who tries to seduce a gentleman she is interested in romantically having the theme of loneliness, escape, independence, connection, desperation, love, defeat and embarrassment.

• The title of the novella, "Witches' Loaves," paints a less rosy picture of Martha's intentions. The title implies that Martha has tried to 'bewitch' Blumberger with the butter in an effort to try to win him as her spouse given the relationship between women and bad magic.
• Of course, this may seem a bit harsh to us, but Blumberger, whose three months' worth of labour was just destroyed, would undoubtedly see it that way.
• And a less kind interpretation of her actions would paint a picture of her as a lonely and somewhat desperate lady who creates a persona for a man she hardly knows because she adores the romantic notion of the poor artist whom she can "rescue" with her freshly baked goods and her $2,000 budget.
• She plays a deception on him by slipping the butter into the bread and, in doing so, is the architect (no pun intended) of her own unhappiness rather than being honest with him and offering to give him fresh bread or a cake as a present and sign of goodwill.

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