explain the hypocrisy displayed by mrs ellis the angel in disguise
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chance to start living.” If these sleeping men were dead instead of sleeping, they’d be no worse off than they are now. There are a lot of men who can rule Naples just as well as this sleeping guy here can. There are a lot of men who babble nonsense as well as Gonzalo. I could do it myself. Oh, I wish you understood what I’m saying—you’d see how you’re missing out on a great opportunity for yourself! Do you even get what I’m saying?
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Angel in Disguise also acknowledges the fact that most of the actions undertaken by people are based on self interest and that there is a certain degree of hypocrisy lodged between people’s actions and their intentions. The hypocrisy of the society is revealed the day after the mother’s death when John and Kate are quickly adopted by farmer Jones and Mrs. Miller respectively for the cheap labor they bring along with them and by the virtue of which they can be ‘of use’. Maggie however is abandoned by all. Their hypocrisy is revealed in the chasm between their explanation for adopting the kids and their intention behind it.
Consider Mrs. Ellis who says that she “must act from a sense of duty” and that it would be “charitable” on her part to choose Kate when in fact, she had actually been “looking out for a bound girl”. The reason behind the adoption of the children by the farmer and Mrs. Ellis is of great significance as it hints at another major social issue of the time: child labor. By their own admission, we see that farmer Joe wants young John “now that his mother was out of the way ” and Mrs. Ellis takes Kate as she is in need of a bound girl . The tone of Joe Thompson when he relates how Maggie was left alone also betrays this intention:
Farmer Jones tossed John into his wagon, and drove off. Katie went home with Mrs. Ellis; but nobody wanted the poor sick one. ‘