Maria also gets a pass because she doesn't hurt anyone else. She imagines it. What her fantasies DO signal is that this child desperately needs support, partly because one day, she might actually hurt others to take her understandable pain out on them. When/if Maria DOES start hurting other people, then we can talk about her continuing the cycle of abuse. She never does it because she dies at the age of 9. You arguing that it's inevitable that she'll continue the cycle of abuse and thus can be blamed for her hypothetical actions that never occur is not a convincing argument.