Unravelling the critical moment
Unravelling the critical moment
The quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s is a short story written by L.M Montgomery included in the short stories Chronicles of Avonlea. The quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s is a love encounter involving Angeline, a 48 year old woman who has no affiliation towards men and a woman hating man called Alexander Abraham. Unravelling the critical moment The two are quarantined at Alexander’s house for small pox. Angeline, also known as Peter changes her attitude towards men, specifically Alexander and starts to treat him with care. Alexander’s situation when he got a severe small pox attack was the turning point to his attitude towards Angeline. He begins to show the signs of changing his attitude towards Angeline when he says that he would rather be nursed by her, than a completely new nurse.
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‘’I’ve got so kind of used to you being in the house that I don’t mind you, but the thought of another woman coming here is too much…’’ (Montgomery). Alexander has undergone small pox attack and the doctor prefers getting him a nurse from town to attend to him at home. However, Peter offers to take care of him, a decision that Alexander appreciates, saying that he would rather be attended to by her than to a whole different woman. This incidence was the first moment when Alexander shows soft feelings towards the presence of Angeline and led to him feeling pleased with her. Prior to this statement, Alexander shows little concern about Peter by prohibiting her from entering his room when he got small pox attack. He feared that she might contract the disease too. Unravelling the critical moment.
The author points out that the Alexander did not need to worry about another woman coming in to attend to him. To Alexander’s relief, the doctor fails to find any nurse from outside to bring in to attend to him. Peter takes good care to both Alexander and Mr. Riley, Alexander’s dog when he is sick. He supplies both of them with good meals such that in the end Alexander follows her to her home, to ask for her hand in marriage. His mind has totally changed about Angeline.
Work Cited
Montgomery, Lucy Maud. “The Quarantine.” Cronicles of Avonlea. Canada: McClleland and Stewart, 1912. 227. 1 November 2018. Unravelling the critical moment.
