Question

Character sketch of Mrs Hall From the chapter strange man's arrival

Answer 1

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Mrs. Hall

Mrs. Hall is quite an important character in the beginning

of the novel. She is the owner of the inn, Coach and Horses. She is an astute

business woman, dominating wife, and practical woman. She does her job quite

well. She does not mind Griffin’s strange and eccentric appearance and behavior

for the business’s sake. However, she is quite quick in observing the

abnormality of Griffin’s behavoiur.

She is quite meticulous with the keeping of her inn. She provides

satisfactory services to her customers. When Griffin spoils the fender, walls,

and the floor in the room, she points it to him. She is a woman of ethics and

right behavior. She does not like Griffin’s mysterious disappearance from the

room one morning. She does not like the abnormal behavior of the furniture in

Griffin’s room.

When she becomes suspicious of his connection with the burglary at the Vicarage, she becomes quite strict with Griffin. She insists on him to clear all his pending bills. She stops serving him his meals and other services; when Griffin gives some money to pacify her, she wants to know from him where he got the money from. She also asks him to explain why the furniture in his room behaved abnormally. This infuriates Griffin, and he reveals his invisibility to her by putting his nose on her hand. She gets scared and urns away screaming.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Mrs. Hall was the owner of the Horses and Coaches Inn. She handled the inn with assistance of her husband Mr. Hall. In the earlier context of the story we saw that she is a generous women who gives personal attention to her guests.Although,She initially refuses to bother The Invisible Man and tries to defend him from the outsider's question,after knowing the trust she volunteers herself in driving out the invisible man. In the beginning of the novel, we also read that Mrs. Hall has a motherly side too, as she saw the invisible man wrapped up from head to toe including his mouth she thought that he had a terrible accident and he didn't want others to show sympathy towards him. Mrs Hall had a great importance in the beginning of the novel but later on her importance decreases after invisible man runs away from her inn but she remains as one of the important character in the novel.