Antagonist

Character Role Analysis

Laura a.k.a. the Artist Formerly Known as Mom

Which family member hasn't Laura antagonized? She left her husband and abandoned her daughters, and when she did, Wren began acting out, Cath began acting in, and Arthur's bipolar disorder flourished. Laura's family rattles around in her absence; she irreparably damaged them all. Cath sums it up pretty well when she says:

People are going to feel sorry for me, and I won't ever have any normal relationships—and it's always going to be because I didn't have a mother. Always. That's the ultimate kind of broken. (20.70)

Thanks for nothing, Laura.