Agnes Grey

by

Anne Brontë

Mary Ann Bloomfield Character Analysis

Younger sister to Tom Bloomfield, Mary Ann is a large, rosy-cheeked six-year-old. Spoiled, vain, and lazy, Mary Ann often refuses to do the work her governess Agnes assigns to her and screams at painful volume when Agnes attempts—against Mary Ann’s parents’ wishes—to discipline her. Mary Ann’s mother Mrs. Bloomfield eventually fires Agnes for her children’s poor behavior.

Mary Ann Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey

The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mary Ann Bloomfield or refer to Mary Ann Bloomfield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Education, Authority, and Class Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction Quotes

“Surely, Tom, you would not strike your sister! I hope I shall never see you do that.”

“You will sometimes: I’m obliged to do it now and then to keep her in order.”

“But it is not your business to keep her in order, you know, that is for—”

“Well, now go and put on your bonnet.”

Related Characters: Agnes Grey (speaker), Tom Bloomfield (speaker), Mary Ann Bloomfield
Page Number: 16
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Chapter 3: A Few More Lessons Quotes

The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.

Related Characters: Agnes Grey (speaker), Tom Bloomfield, Mrs. Bloomfield, Mary Ann Bloomfield, Mr. Bloomfield, Fanny Bloomfield
Page Number: 21–22
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Mary Ann Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey

The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mary Ann Bloomfield or refer to Mary Ann Bloomfield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Education, Authority, and Class Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction Quotes

“Surely, Tom, you would not strike your sister! I hope I shall never see you do that.”

“You will sometimes: I’m obliged to do it now and then to keep her in order.”

“But it is not your business to keep her in order, you know, that is for—”

“Well, now go and put on your bonnet.”

Related Characters: Agnes Grey (speaker), Tom Bloomfield (speaker), Mary Ann Bloomfield
Page Number: 16
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3: A Few More Lessons Quotes

The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.

Related Characters: Agnes Grey (speaker), Tom Bloomfield, Mrs. Bloomfield, Mary Ann Bloomfield, Mr. Bloomfield, Fanny Bloomfield
Page Number: 21–22
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