# Mrs. Bloomfield — Agnes Grey character guide

> Mrs. Bloomfield in Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-first-lessons-in-the-art-of-instruction

## Who they are

The weak, ineffectual mother of the Bloomfield children.

## Relationships

### [Mary Ann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agnes_grey_se/characters/mary_ann)

_family_

Mrs. Bloomfield is Mary Ann's mother, a weak, ineffectual woman who spoils her children but fails to control them.

### [Mr. Bloomfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agnes_grey_se/characters/mr_bloomfield)

_family_

Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield are a married couple, with the husband domineering and abusive, and the wife submissive and ineffective.

### [Mary Ann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agnes_grey_se/characters/mary_ann)

_family_

Mrs. Bloomfield is Mary Ann's mother, a weak, ineffectual woman who spoils her children but fails to control them.

## In the story

### [First Lessons in the Art of Instruction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agnes_grey_se/chapters/ii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agnes_grey_se/chapters/iii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agnes_grey_se/chapters/iv-the-grandmamma)

Mother of the children; dismisses Agnes's complaints and fails to discipline Tom after his tantrum.

### [The Uncle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agnes_grey_se/chapters/v-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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