This quote is very powerful, and I think that Dickens took the care to craft it so beautifully for a reason. The quote appears again on page 217 in a different form. Here, Mr. Gradgrind tells Louisa that a change had beenoccurring in him, and "that what the Head had left undone and could not do, the Heart may have been doing silently" (218). Amidst the powerful imagery, Gradgrind admits that there were things the Head (symbolic of Fact, because the head is the home of the brain) "could not do." Previously Fact's biggest advocate, this quote draws attention to Mr. Gradgrind's transformation and also the faults of Fact and his reason for changing. The beautiful style of the quote only draws the reader's attention--a possible indication of Dickens's deliberate effort to decorate and draw attention to a point that he wanted to drive home.
This quote is very powerful, and I think that Dickens took the care to craft it so beautifully for a reason. The quote appears again on page 217 in a different form. Here, Mr. Gradgrind tells Louisa that a change had beenoccurring in him, and "that what the Head had left undone and could not do, the Heart may have been doing silently" (218). Amidst the powerful imagery, Gradgrind admits that there were things the Head (symbolic of Fact, because the head is the home of the brain) "could not do." Previously Fact's biggest advocate, this quote draws attention to Mr. Gradgrind's transformation and also the faults of Fact and his reason for changing. The beautiful style of the quote only draws the reader's attention--a possible indication of Dickens's deliberate effort to decorate and draw attention to a point that he wanted to drive home.
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