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Characters (Josiah Bounderby (he boasts about how poor he was (his real…
Characters
Josiah Bounderby
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best known for the word pontificating (to be like the pope, grandly announcing every thing)
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he talks about how he was born in a hole, ironically Stephen dies in a hold
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where Gradgrind represent facts, Bounderby represents fiction
there is a merit of schadenfreude about him, which is taking pleasure from someones pain.
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uncouth, he embodies everything Dickens hates
Mr Gradgrind
wealthy, retired merchant and an MP
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he becomes wiser and humbler "making his facts and figures subservient to faith, hope an Charity"
Stephen blackpool
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Dickens makes the point that the laws are for the rich, not the poor
we meet him after we meet bounderby and the Grad grind family. Blackpool provides a stark contrast to these earlier characters.
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Louisa Gradgrind
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afterwards she meets the true love of her life, James Harthouse. He's manipulative but he does unlock her emotions. eventually she breakdown and goes back to stone lodge.
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he says she has "fine eyes" she was "so reserved but so watchful" shes also ashamed of her husband. She is "self reliant yet never at ease"
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women
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Mrs sparsit
unchristian, always judging people
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Harthouse
Tom gradgrind
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tom is fascinated by Harthouse. he is called the great tempter. Tom becomes his pawn and eventually, he tells harthouse about Louisa's mariage
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