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Essay #6 - Character Analysis: Louisa In the novel Hard Times, Dickens presents a character by the name of Louisa Gradgrind Bounderby who had suffered from her father’s education system. Mr.Gradgrind’s philosophy forced Louisa to “discard the word fancy altogether” (11) causing her to base experienc ....

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.... which he was unaware of: “You have never entertained in secret any other proposal”(79). This led to Louisa revealing how her fathers school of facts had not permitted her to explore with her own emotions : “Father...what other proposal can have been made to me? Whom have I seen? Where have I been? What are my hearts experiences” (79). Louisa continues on explaining that he should have known better than to ask such a question, considering she has never been able to question or wonder past ....