dc.contributor.author	Wynn, Georgia
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-15T19:36:45Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-15T19:36:45Z
dc.date.issued	2025-06-19
dc.identifier.other	03908860-b550-47fd-9416-aba630ba001a	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/7557
dc.description.abstract	This thesis explores the way maternal abuse cycles form and evolve in Gillian Flynn’s contemporary thriller, Sharp Objects. I refer to mother-daughter relationships as matrafemafilial relationships. Building off Carl Jung’s archetypes, I discuss how assumptions are powerful in the way they shape communal perspectives surrounding women and motherhood. When societies present strict views of motherhood, they may unknowingly contribute to the perpetuation of hidden abuse cycles. Maternal abuse is dangerous, often appearing under the guise of maternal care. In Sharp Objects, Camille Preaker’s mother, Adora Crellin, has Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, and the text suggests that her mother, Joya, may have also had the disorder. Adora passes on her abusive tendencies to her daughters, and the cycle of abuse remains in the family for a while. Eventually, the trauma spreads out, negatively affecting others in the community.	en_US
dc.format.extent	1 electronic record. PDF/A document, 59 pages, 1768872 bytes.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Academic theses	en_US
dc.subject	Electronic records	en_US
dc.subject	English literature	en_US
dc.subject	Family violence	en_US
dc.subject	Mother and child	en_US
dc.subject	Psychoanalysis in literature	en_US
dc.title	The Poison Trickles Down: Maternal Trauma in Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of English of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Young, Brett
dc.description.committee	Wood, Adam
dc.description.committee	Sherman, Haley
dc.description.degree	M.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	English	en_US