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The analyses of a text #2
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
Peggotty, the narator's old nurse's niece Em'ly fled with the narrator's best friend Steerforth to somewhere on the day when Peggotty's husband's funeral was held , leaving her fiance, her cousin Ham.
Mr. Peggotty, Peggoty's elder brother came to London with the narrator to seek for his niece the day after next.
Mr. Peggotty told him to arrange for him to meet Steerforth' mother and he wrote her a letter for the appointment.
And they visited Steerforth's house the next day.
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She motioned to Mr. Peggotty to be seated. He said, in a low voice, 'I shouldn't feel it nat'ral, ma'am, to sit down in this house. I'd sooner stand.' And this was succeeded by another silence, which she broke thus:
'I know, with deep regret, what has brought you here. What do you want of me? What do you ask me to do?'
He put his hat under his arm, and feeling in his breast for Emily's letter, took it out, unfolded it, and gave it to her. 'Please to read that, ma'am. That's my niece's hand!'
She read it, in the same stately and impassive way, - untouched by its contents, as far as I could see, - and returned it to him.
'"Unless he brings me back a lady,"' said Mr. Peggotty, tracing out that part with his finger. 'I come to know, ma'am, whether he will keep his wured?'
'No,' she returned.
'Why not?' said Mr. Peggotty.
'It is impossible. He would disgrace himself. You cannot fail to know that she is far below him.'
'Raise her up!' said Mr. Peggotty.
'She is uneducated and ignorant.'
'Maybe she's not; maybe she is,' said Mr. Peggotty. 'I think not, ma'am; but I'm no judge of them things. Teach her better!'
'Since you oblige me to speak more plainly, which I am very unwilling to do, her humble connexions would render such a thing impossible, if nothing else did.'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why it is "come," not "came" and what "his wured" means.
2. I'd like to know what "Raise her up!" means.
3. And I'd like to know what "Teach her better!" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Peggotty, the narator's old nurse's niece Em'ly fled with the narrator's best friend Steerforth to somewhere on the day when Peggotty's husband's funeral was held , leaving her fiance, her cousin Ham.
Mr. Peggotty, Peggoty's elder brother came to London with the narrator to seek for his niece the day after next.
Mr. Peggotty told him to arrange for him to meet Steerforth' mother and he wrote her a letter for the appointment.
And they visited Steerforth's house the next day.
..............................
She motioned to Mr. Peggotty to be seated. He said, in a low voice, 'I shouldn't feel it nat'ral, ma'am, to sit down in this house. I'd sooner stand.' And this was succeeded by another silence, which she broke thus:
'I know, with deep regret, what has brought you here. What do you want of me? What do you ask me to do?'
He put his hat under his arm, and feeling in his breast for Emily's letter, took it out, unfolded it, and gave it to her. 'Please to read that, ma'am. That's my niece's hand!'
She read it, in the same stately and impassive way, - untouched by its contents, as far as I could see, - and returned it to him.
'"Unless he brings me back a lady,"' said Mr. Peggotty, tracing out that part with his finger. 'I come to know, ma'am, whether he will keep his wured?'
'No,' she returned.
'Why not?' said Mr. Peggotty.
'It is impossible. He would disgrace himself. You cannot fail to know that she is far below him.'
'Raise her up!' said Mr. Peggotty.
'She is uneducated and ignorant.'
'Maybe she's not; maybe she is,' said Mr. Peggotty. 'I think not, ma'am; but I'm no judge of them things. Teach her better!'
'Since you oblige me to speak more plainly, which I am very unwilling to do, her humble connexions would render such a thing impossible, if nothing else did.'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why it is "come," not "came" and what "his wured" means.
2. I'd like to know what "Raise her up!" means.
3. And I'd like to know what "Teach her better!" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. "Come" because he is talking about a present action, not a past. As to "wured," here Dickens is trying to indicate how the character would pronounce the word.
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- "Come" because he is talking about a present action, not a past.
- As to "wured," here Dickens is trying to indicate how the character would pronounce the word.
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- The girl is thought to be beneath him in status (not as well educated, not coming from a family with wealth or social status).
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1. "Come" because he is talking about a present action, not a past. As to "wured," here Dickens is trying to indicate how the character would pronounce the word. Here is the sentence made clearer: "I come to you in order to know, madam, whether he will keep his word."
2. The girl is thought to be beneath him in status (not as well educated, not coming from a family with
2. The girl is thought to be beneath him in status (not as well educated, not coming from a family with
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