Louisa comes out

After hearing Harthouse’s and Louisa conversation in the woods, Sparsit expected Louisa to go meet him in the city. As we read, Lousia proved Sparsit wrong. Instead of meeting Harthouse, she went to go visit her father where she had an emotional conversation with him. She told him how she really felt about the way he raised her. She admitted that being taught only facts, and not being able to use her imagination ruined her life. She also tells him that she married someone whom her heart doesn’t belong to; it belongs to Hearthouse. Do you think the tone set the mood of how Louisa felt when she was telling Gradgrind how she felt? Or do you believe it is implied by the choice of words used?

A crazy woman.

Ms. Sparsit continues to show how creepy and crazy she is when she follows Louisa into the woods. She suspects Louisa is up to something with Harthouse so she quietly follows behind her. When she approaches Louisa, she discovers that Harthouse is confessing his true feelings to her and says he wants to be her lover. Louisa then agrees to meet him in Coketown later and when Harthouse leaves crazy Ms.Sparsit continues to imagine Louisa falling down the stairwell into the abyss. Do you think Ms. Sparsit is stalking Louisa because she’s extremely jealous of her relationship or for some other unknown reason? Don’t you think she’s crazy and obsessed with Bounderby because of what continuously keeps doing regarding Louisa, his wife?