Monday, November 19, 2007

Q 14

14. What does Mrs. Smith know about Mr. Elliot (210 ff)?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mrs. Smith tells Anne that she used to help Mr. Elliot with his financial troubles and then when she needed help with her financial needs, he didnt bother to help her out.

Anonymous said...

And that more importantly, that Mr. Elliot directly tells her husband that he REALLY doesn't enjoy Anne's family:

"I have got rid of Sir Walter and Miss. They are gone back to Kellynch, and almost made me swear to visit them this summer; but my first visit to Kellynch will be with a surveyor, to tell me how to bring it with best advantage to the hammer."

Anonymous said...

To add on, Mrs. Smith tells Anne about Mr. Elliot's true character, but also his scheme of securing his inheritance after Sir Walter's death. He does this by keeping Sir Walter and Mrs. Clay from marrying each other and having a child; and by courting Anne to secure is rightful poistion to inherit Kellych Hall.

Anonymous said...

After struggling to tell Anne of Mr. Elliot's true character, she reveals her experience with Mr. Elliot in which they are all negative. She reveals that Mr. Elliot is a "man without heart or conscience...cold blooded being...who would be guilty of any cruelty..."
Mr. Elliot only cares of himself, his inheritance and nothing else.

Erin Trapp said...

i gasped when i read these lines in the book, something about "black..."?! also, what does this "gossipy"(?) knowledge tell anne in addition to "what" she says about mrelliot? i.e. anne could've not trusted mrs smith...

The Emmer said...

Well it shows Anne that she can't be persuassed by other people. She only trusts Mrs. Smith because they have been friends for so long, but it really opens Anne's eyes to how easily she can be persuaded by other's character.

Anonymous said...

Mrs. Smith knows about Mr. Elliot's past. She knows him intimately and of how he had money problems and his past disdain for Sir Walter and the rest of the Elliots. She tells Anne that before, Mr. Elliot was in search of only a fortune, and now he wants to acquire the baronage. In the end, it was all for himself.