Character of Mrs. Sparsit in Hard Times

MRS. sparsit is an elderly lady who is highly connected and befool 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 esteem and regards to her excellent background. Mrs. Sparsit is very much proud of her coonnectipons.The jnovelist descxribes her as a person haveing dense black Coriolanian eyebrows and a thick roman nose with classical eyes.. o stress on her aristocratic background in a satirical way. dickens have also mafde her the object of satire with reference to her pride and conceit 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 hi m as an Impiety of people. Bounderbys decesipn top marry Loiusa Gradgrinds 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 feeling that she woud faint on hearing the unwelcomed news. But to the utter surprise of Bounderby she saw no reduce 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 find mrs. sparsit well therefore he asserted at once dat his housekeeper woyuld not be abel to beer the settle of hiss would be wife.