A Midwife's Tale Analysis

The film A Midwife’s Tale follows the story of Mary Ballard, a mother and midwife in the wilds of post American Revolution Maine. Her diary touches on many subjects such as, premarital sex, trials and tribulations of a working woman in this period, and family. As a rule the film remains faithful to the time period in visual story. It is very difficult to pin down the historical inaccuracies within the film as the story is a dramatization of an actual diary from the woman whom actually experienced the time period.
A Midwife’s Tale gives a first person accounting of the time through a women’s eyes. Mary Ballard had much success as a midwife and even allocated her home tasks to create a well oiled business within her own home. It was of particular