For Jo to grow up, she has to be able to understand that happiness and goodness are things that both she and Marmee work at, rather than naturally occurring conditions. Her independence is important to her and she declines her first proposal because she wishes to keep her independence. She enjoys participating in activities meant for young boys and her behaviour is not accepted within her family. “You don’t know what she loves,” Aunt March snaps back. Character Analysis of Little Women - Little Women Study Guide. Alcott based Beth off her own younger sister, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' March (she even gave the character her sisters name, but a different nickname). The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts.It was published in two volumes in 18. Eventually, she perishes from the disease as a teenager. Little Women (or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (18321888). “Marmee loves her life,” Jo insists at one point, appalled by her rich Aunt March’s (Meryl Streep) suggestion that Marmee might experience dissatisfaction. Spoiler alert: Beth March, the third sister in Little Women, is permanently weakened after contracting scarlet fever. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters. Beth is one of those children in a novel who is so good and sweet and perfect that you just know shes going to die, because nothing interesting could ever happen to her, and anyone that angelic belongs in Heaven like Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop or Lil Eva in Uncle Toms Cabin. Armstrong gives her Marmee, played with real fire by Susan Sarandon, lines like “Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.” Gerwig emphasizes the effort that goes into being Marmee, which is often invisible to her daughters: the smiles she assumes before walking into a room so as not to worry her girls, or the hurt and joy she has to balance when one daughter triumphs at the expense of another. Little Women A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. As an older reader, I’ve found that Marmee leaps off the page for me in a way she never did before, and it’s clear that she resonates with the women who have adapted Alcott’s novel, as well.
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