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Hard Times, a novel by Charles Dickens, focuses on the polyphonic interaction of characters, as well as their impact upon one another's behavior. The text's primary discourse is on the one-sided relationship revolving Louisa-the principle female character of Hard Times-for individuals' avarice, and her tragic fate resulting from the relationship. Louisa is a dynamic and a unique character in the novel as she struggles between emotional and logical appeal, making her the character to empathize with the most for the readers.

Louisa's one-sided relationship demonstrates the consequences of coercing an education system of mere facts to someone incompatible with it. She was utterly devoid of love from her "eminently practical"father-Gradgrind who followed his rigid system of statistical evaluation. Also, Louisa's misconception of love helps her brother-Thomas Gradgrind-deceive her. The innocent victim of Gradgrind junior marries Mr. Bounderby - a decision made solely on her consultation with her brother; "I am satisfied to accept his proposal," although she has no affectionate feelings toward him (Dickens 79). Once again, Louisa becomes a subject of deception, this time, by James Harthouse, a rich member of the Parliament. Harthouse was intrigued by Louisa's duality - consistently cold composure toward others while affectionate toward her brother. Instead of sincerely wanting Louisa, Harthouse only wanted to break down her cold composure as if in a game. Louisa inadvertently became sentimentalized by Harthouse, who was irresponsible and did not care about the consequences of his action. After the conversations with Harthouse awakened the "fire" in Louisa, causing her to be in a severely disconcerted and jumbled state about her identity as she encountered emotions she cannot cope with.

Dicken's tone toward the characters is implicitly delivered by the allegory within their names. Lousia's name in German means honorable acts and freedom. Louisa lovelessly marrying Bounderby was a case showing an honorable act. Louisa also struggles to free herself from facts and strives for regularity where fancy and fact is in harmony. Thomas-Louisa's brother- is often referred to as the "whelp", a derogatory term portraying his egocentric personality. Louisa is the primary victim of the ruthless and overwhelming fact-based education, with no sufficient love to support her through, resulting in her mental collapse.

The woman protagonist's mindset and other characters' views toward her are thoroughly expressed by Dickens' usage of extended metaphor. In the living room, Louisa often enjoys "gazing at the fire," a symbol of fancy, as it stimulates her imaginations and thoughts (Dickens 102). However, her fireplace is located at the corner of her house - a connotation of being overlooked and not treated as valuable by others. In the scene where Louisa is appointed a meeting with Gradgrind to express her idea regarding Bounderby's proposal, she replies to her father that she is not in an apt position to do so, given the education she has received, where mere facts are allowed. While doing so, Lousia does a subconscious gesture of cupping her hand "as if upon a solid object, and slowly opened it as though she were releasing dust or ash"(Dickens 134). The dead fire within Louisa's hands represents how her marriage was merely to please Gradgrind, not based on her intellectual thinking.

Louisa's significance in the text Hard Times is presented by Dickens' usage of allegorical phrases and complex relationships revolving Louisa. The principle woman character's purpose in Hard Times serves to criticize the rigid education system of Gradgrind.