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Madame Guerre is Monsieur Guerre’s wife. Per tradition, Madame Guerre serves and supports her husband. When Monsieur Guerre cruelly breaks several of Martin’s teeth after Martin disobeys him, Madame Guerre supports her husband, even though her son’s pain shocks her. Two years after Martin disappears from Artigues, Madame Guerre dies.
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Madame Guerre Character Timeline in The Wife of Martin Guerre
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Part 1: Artigues
...Martin and Monsieur Guerre are working in in the fields with the other men, so Madame Guerre puts Bertrande to work grinding meal in the kitchen among drying herbs. Madame Guerre shows...
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...bring the animals to the stables. Monsieur Guerre and Martin are the last to arrive. Madame Guerre greets her husband and then seats him at the table. Monsieur Guerre calls Bertrande to...
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...too great for her to rebuke him for leaving her. Two years after Martin’s disappearance, Madame Guerre dies. Monsieur Guerre’s anger increases with Martin’s absence: not only did Martin steal the grain,...
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