compare and contrast Mr. and Mrs. Hall with regard to their views about the stranger who came to stay at the inn
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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.
Mr. Hall
Mr. Hall was Mrs. Hall’s husband. He appeared to be quite henpecked. He had to agree to Mrs. Hall’s wishes. As informed by Teddy Henfrey he was against renting room to the invisible man since beginning; however he had to give in to his wife’s decision.
When the situation began to get out of control, he acted in earnest to seek the legal advice against Griffin. He also went to lodge a complaint against him and brought constable Mr. Bobby Jaffers along to the inn.