The Characters and superstitions are unrealistic and nothing like this could ever happen.

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The Characters and superstitions are unrealistic and nothing like this could ever happen.

        I feel that Rhoda Brook is a very strong and realistic character. I feel Rhoda is a realistic character because she feels jealous and curious about Gertrude Lodges looks (who has recently just got married to Rhoda’s ex-husband Farmer Lodge). “You can give her a look, and tell me what she’s like.”

        I think Rhoda is a strong woman because her life is a big obstacle and she deals with it well.

The reason I think she’s a strong is because she is poor and gets her son to poach food for them both, she has a son to look after, she has no partner to help her, no partner to support her son and she has no friends.

        Farmer Lodge is the father of her son but I feel he is ashamed to be his father.

“Took no notice of you”

“None.”

        Rhoda works as a milkmaid but nobody likes to communicate with her because they think she’s a witch they also do not communicate with her because she had an illegitimate child, which was not right in those days.

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        Farmer Lodge left Rhoda a £100 annual payment a year but however Rhoda did not accept his money even though she was poor. The reason I feel she did not accept the money was

because of the way he treated her and her son. This shows Rhoda is a very proud woman.

        Gertrude Lodge is a kind, friendly, polite and pleasant person.

“Ah, the way the boy stared as if we might relieve him of his heavy load.”

This shows Gertrude is warm hearted.

When Gertrude saw Rhoda’s son she decided he needed new boots so she went and ...

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