Curse of the Starving Class Characters & Character Analysis

Curse of the Starving Class Characters

Ella

Ella is the mother of the family in Curse of the Starving Class. As the play opens, she and Wesley are both surveying the chunks of the door broken down by her husband Weston. Where Wesley seems angry with her for provoking Weston to anger, Ella holds that the incident was entirely Weston's fault. She quickly changes topics, though, and throughout the play she continues to switch her moods and attention immediately, as if she wants nothing to affect her very deeply. She tends to ignore the things going on immediately around her. It is clear, though, by the way she will just as quickly return to a topic, that she is simply trying to keep things under the surface.

The play, as it proceeds, provides insight into Ella's true desires. She has very little affection or even respect for her husband. Without her husband's knowledge, she is seeking...
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