In Book the Second, Reaping, Mrs. Sparsit spends a lot of time examining the relationship between Harthouse and Louisa. She learns that they will be meeting in the forest and goes there to listen to their conversation. After she hears Harthouse confess his love for Louisa and they agree to meet somewhere, she says “Louisa coming out of the house! Hastily cloaked and muffled, and stealing away. ” Mrs. Sparsit imagines Louisa falling “from the lower-most stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf.” (206). This represents her hope that Louisa will run away with Harthouse and ruin not only her marriage with Mr. Bounderby, but also her reputation. Mrs. Sparsit then says “She elopes!” which shows that she thinks that Mr. Harthouse is directly related to Louisa’s falling. Louisa does not end up meeting up with Mr. Harthouse, instead she goes to visit her father. Throughout the book, Mrs. Sparsit envied Louisa’s position as Mr. Bounderby’s wife and wanted to benefit from the relationship. Louisa’s realization that she is in love with Harthouse gave her the strength to confront her father about the way he raised her. Being in love with Mr. Harthouse supports the idea that not everything in society is based on facts, contrary to how Mr. Gradgrind raised her. Louisa’s relationship with Mr. Harthouse helped her become more of an individual and have another perspective on her society in Coketown.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Passage Analysis- pg. 206
Book 2 p.206
In Book the Second, Reaping, Mrs. Sparsit spends a lot of time examining the relationship between Harthouse and Louisa. She learns that they will be meeting in the forest and goes there to listen to their conversation. After she hears Harthouse confess his love for Louisa and they agree to meet somewhere, she says “Louisa coming out of the house! Hastily cloaked and muffled, and stealing away. ” Mrs. Sparsit imagines Louisa falling “from the lower-most stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf.” (206). This represents her hope that Louisa will run away with Harthouse and ruin not only her marriage with Mr. Bounderby, but also her reputation. Mrs. Sparsit then says “She elopes!” which shows that she thinks that Mr. Harthouse is directly related to Louisa’s falling. Louisa does not end up meeting up with Mr. Harthouse, instead she goes to visit her father. Throughout the book, Mrs. Sparsit envied Louisa’s position as Mr. Bounderby’s wife and wanted to benefit from the relationship. Louisa’s realization that she is in love with Harthouse gave her the strength to confront her father about the way he raised her. Being in love with Mr. Harthouse supports the idea that not everything in society is based on facts, contrary to how Mr. Gradgrind raised her. Louisa’s relationship with Mr. Harthouse helped her become more of an individual and have another perspective on her society in Coketown.
In Book the Second, Reaping, Mrs. Sparsit spends a lot of time examining the relationship between Harthouse and Louisa. She learns that they will be meeting in the forest and goes there to listen to their conversation. After she hears Harthouse confess his love for Louisa and they agree to meet somewhere, she says “Louisa coming out of the house! Hastily cloaked and muffled, and stealing away. ” Mrs. Sparsit imagines Louisa falling “from the lower-most stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf.” (206). This represents her hope that Louisa will run away with Harthouse and ruin not only her marriage with Mr. Bounderby, but also her reputation. Mrs. Sparsit then says “She elopes!” which shows that she thinks that Mr. Harthouse is directly related to Louisa’s falling. Louisa does not end up meeting up with Mr. Harthouse, instead she goes to visit her father. Throughout the book, Mrs. Sparsit envied Louisa’s position as Mr. Bounderby’s wife and wanted to benefit from the relationship. Louisa’s realization that she is in love with Harthouse gave her the strength to confront her father about the way he raised her. Being in love with Mr. Harthouse supports the idea that not everything in society is based on facts, contrary to how Mr. Gradgrind raised her. Louisa’s relationship with Mr. Harthouse helped her become more of an individual and have another perspective on her society in Coketown.
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