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Mr Murdstone makes a movement of impatience which I have been expecting for a long time.
Miss Murdstone does the same.
a. Who are Mr and Miss Murdstone?
b. Where are they at this moment?
c. Why did Mr Murdstone make a movement of impatience?
d. Why was the writer expecting it?
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Edward Murdstone is Clara Copperfield's second husband, whom she marries when David is roughly eight. Murdstone is handsome and capable of being quite charming, although David instinctively distrusts him from the start (probably in part because of his own jealousy). After the marriage, however, it quickly becomes clear that Murdstone is dictatorial and cruel. Together with his sister, Miss Murdstone, he attempts to teach Clara "firmness"—supposedly for her own good, but more likely because he enjoys bending people to his will. He is even nastier to David, whom he uses as a means of manipulating Clara and eventually beats for botching his lessons. After Clara's death, he pulls David out of school and sends him to work at a counting-house he partially owns. David loses touch with Mr. Murdstone after running away to Miss Betsey's, but he learns years later that he has married another naïve and impressionable young woman he can control. With all that said, there is a hint of humanity to Mr. Murdstone: his love for Clara is possessive and twisted, but he does seem genuinely grieved by her death.
Mr. Murdstone Quotes in David Copperfield
The David Copperfield quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Murdstone or refer to Mr. Murdstone . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: Coming of Age and Personal Development Theme Icon). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Puffin edition of David Copperfield published in 2013.