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The Setting of the Schoolroom
- The scene is set in a plain, bare, and monotonous vault of a schoolroom.
The Speaker's Character
- The speaker emphasizes their observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve.
- The speaker has a square forehead with eyebrows at its base, and eyes that are overshadowed by the forehead.
- The speaker's mouth is wide, thin, and hard set.
- The speaker's voice is inflexible, dry, and dictatorial.
The Speaker's Philosophy
- The speaker believes that only facts are wanted in life.
- The speaker thinks that nothing else will be of any service to children except facts.
- The speaker's principle is to "stick to facts" and to "root out everything else".
- The speaker applies this principle to their own children and to the children in the school.
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Test your knowledge of Charles Dickens' Hard Times with this quiz based on an excerpt from the book. See how well you remember the characters, themes, and events!
