TVL: Topic #2

[tirlaeyn]

Opinions on Gabrielle, Lestat's mother? Thoughts on womanhood and motherhood and her life of quiet rebellion against them?

Comments

[tirlaeyn]

Yeah I get the feeling that she didn't marry by choice. I think she would have been much happier living in Italy alone, if such a thing had been allowed. I do feel for her sense of being trapped and wanting to abandon everything. I think we all have that urge, though hers is perhaps stronger than most.

She definitely could have been a better mother. Put more effort into raising and loving all of her sons. She saw herself reflected in Lestat, so she gave him what care and attention she could spare. It doesn't seem she even did that for the others, though we are meant to think they didn't want it or were unworthy of it. I think she might say they were unworthy of her attention which is a pretty horrible thing for a mother to say.