Agnes Grey · Character

Mrs. Bloomfield

The weak, ineffectual mother of the Bloomfield children.

minor

Also known as Mrs. Bloomfield, The senior Mrs. Bloomfield, old Mrs. Bloomfield

First appearance: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction

Mrs. Bloomfield's tie to Mary Ann is one of the pressures that moves Agnes Grey—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Mary Ann (family): Mrs. Bloomfield is Mary Ann's mother, a weak, ineffectual woman who spoils her children but fails to control them. With Mr. Bloomfield (family): Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield are a married couple, with the husband domineering and abusive, and the wife submissive and ineffective. With Mary Ann (family): Mrs. Bloomfield is Mary Ann's mother, a weak, ineffectual woman who spoils her children but fails to control them.

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Relationship types

Family
Other

Character groups

Moral and social contrasts
Family and early influences

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Narrative arc

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Mary Ann
family · ambivalent
Mr. Bloomfield
family · negative
Mary Ann
family · ambivalent

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First Lessons in the Art of Instruction
Mrs. Bloomfield is cold, grave, and forbidding, offering misleading praise of her children and cautioning Agnes not to mention their defects.
A Few More Lessons
Blaming Agnes for the children's deterioration, she makes cold remarks and gives disapproving looks rather than offering support.
IV: The Grandmamma
Mother of the children; dismisses Agnes's complaints and fails to discipline Tom after his tantrum.
The Uncle
Mother of the children, who dismisses Agnes for lack of progress despite her own failure to control the children.

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