Guide Mentor

Character Role Analysis

Mabel Beasley

Sensin' that somethin's missin' below the Mason-Dixon, Mabel tries to "help" the Moffats' marriage. She's a kind of guide/mentor in the way she offers advice (however unwelcome) to Norma Jean and Leroy, and tries to guide them (however misguided) to Shiloh. Although she "succeeds" in getting them to the battlefield, the outcome is the opposite of what she has in mind. Instead of the couple enjoying a second honeymoon, as Mabel intends, they split up there. You know the saying, "Love is a Battlefield"; not everyone is going to win.