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Charecter of Mrs.Sparsit in Hard Times.
MRS.sparsit is an elderly lady who is highly connected and have a huge aristpcratic bvackground.her husband belonged to the family of "POWERLS". Scadgers.... she is a widow now, fallen yupon evil days to take up job. She works as a housekeeper olf mr. Josiah Bounderby.bounderby treats her in the most polite manner and never fails to pay compliments and regards to her excellent background.
Mrs. Sparsit is very much proud of her coonnectipons. The jnovelist descxribes her as a p;erson haveing dense black Coriolanian eyebrows and a thick roman nose with classical eyes..to stress on her aristocratic background in a satirical way.dickens have also mafde her the object of satire with reference to her pride and vanity for her high connections. It is because of this pride that sjhe shares her employers contempt for the workers. It is due to this disdain she treats Stephen Blackpool with total lack of symparthy when he comes tp Bounderby to discuss his matrimonial troubles.she even regards him as an "Impiety of people".

Bounderby's decesipn top marry Loiusa ; Gradgrind's daughter is obviously unfavourable to MRs. Sparsits, bu t she dint utterd a word against it,. Bounderby was aware of her dissaproval regarding his marrige so hi took a bottle of smelling salts witrh him under the impression that she wou;d faint on hearing the unwelcomed news.But to the utter surprise of Bounderby she saw no sign of trouble or dissaproval on her face.Instead she looked at him in a pityful manner and extended her goodwishes to bounderby. BOunderby seems to understand mrs. sparsit well therefore he asserted at once dat his housekeeper woyuld not be abel to beer the site of hiss would be

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