Question

1. Miss Murdstone is associated with ‘firmness'. Explain how the
writer's words and phrases build up this impression of her?

Answer 1

Answer:

Miss Murdstone is a woman without much power and influence of her own. We could speculate that she is as sadistic as Mr. Murdstone is but lacks the authority to bully people on her own. So, she needs to accompany Mr. Murdstone, and to be cruel vicariously through him. Which doesn't seem like much of a life.A useful plot device, Miss Murdstone helps provide obstacles to David's marrying Dora. Out of the blue, Miss Murdstone takes a temporary job in Mr. Spenlow's household as a companion and chaperone for Dora once her mother dies. The mechanics of why she does this are unclear, but Dickens effectively illustrates the mutual surprise and disgust when she and David meet again by accident after a good seven or eight years of separation. Miss Murdstone suggests to David that they both let the past lie: they shouldn't reveal to the Spenlows how they know each other.

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