compare and contrast the characters of Mr.crocker Harris and Frank?
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class 11 ch- the browning version
Frank Hunter is self-confident, successful, personable, friendly, yet with enough arrogance about him to engage in
an extra-marital affair with the wife of his colleague, Dr. Crocker-Harris. Students find it easy to talk with Hunter
and to confide in him, as John Taplow confides in him while waiting for Crocker-Harris. Hunter knows just the
right thing to do socially to make other people feel at ease and receptive, as is illustrated by his impromptu
instruction on golf swing while Taplow waits for Crocker-Harris.
In contrast, Andrew Crocker-Harris is ill at ease with himself and others and is viewed by himself and others as a
failure in his teaching career mostly because, as Taplow puts it, he is unable to pass on his love of Classical
literature to his students. While students admire Hunter, they ridicule and tease Crocker-Harris calling him, among
other things, "Himmler of the lower fifth."
The most interesting characteristic about Hunter is that, while his attentions to Millie Crocker-Harris were strictly
for physical pleasure, he is finally able to see the nobility within the disappointed Crocker-Harris, who even had his
pension voted away from him. This insight is expressed in Hunter's advocacy of the genuine nature of Taplow's gift
and of his confession to Crocker-Harris of his affair with Millie.
The most interesting characteristic about Crocker-Harris is that, while he has every reason for bitterness,
resentment and anger, he remains humble and accepts, with grace and dignity, the sincerity of Taplow's gift and
Hunter's proposed visit.
Answer:
Mr. Crocker Harris was an aged school teacher who was retiring from an English public school. He was sincere towards his work as a teacher and was known to be a strict disciplinarian who did not disclose the results before it was announced by the headmaster. He gave his students grades which they deserved much unlike other teacher who happily showed their partiality towards a handful of students. Mr. Crocker Harris was a man who rarely expressed any kind of emotion. His student Taplow used the phrase 'shrivelled up inside' for Mr. Crocker Harris. But somehow he seemed to like Mr. Harris.
Mr. Frank was a younger teacher who enjoyed making fun of Mr. Crocker Harris. He was a man of poor morals as he had no qualms in having an insincere intimate relationship with Mr. Crocker Harris's wife, Millie Crocker Harris. He told Taplow not to wait for Crocker Harris as he was being late. This clearly shows that Frank was a man of not only poor moral values but also failed to be an ideal teacher. This is also clearly evident when he said that he hated what he taught.
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