I. Chapter III

Pages 34 to 45: Yarmouth

3: ..............................

6: ..............................

New characters:

name	Daniel Peggotty	Ham Peggotty	Mrs Gummidge	“Little Em’ly”
number
relationship to other characters	Peggotty’s ................	Clara and Daniel Peggotty’s ...............	widow of Mr Peggotty’s ...................	Mr Peggotty’s .....................
job			X	X
main features	Ÿ ................... Ÿ modest	X	Ÿ .................. Ÿ pessimistic	X

Who is “Mrs Peggotty” (p. 38)?

From reading page 41, what can you imagine about future events in the novel?

Note: “The house” (p. 44) means a workhouse, run by the parish (Fr: paroisse), for paupers (= poor people).

Pages 45 to 47: Back at Blunderstone Rookery

What happened while David and Peggotty were in Yarmouth?

What does Mr Murdstone order his wife to do (p. 46)?

Who does “Him” (p. 47) refer to?

II. Chapter IV

Notes: “distract” (p. 48): upset. “Wants manner” (p. 50): is not polite enough. “Calling (someone) names”: insulting.

New character:

Jane Murdstone (Mr Murdstone’s .................).

Striking physical features: .................... skin, thick ............................

The narrator conveys the impression of a very “metallic” lady by mentioning ...

In “our youthful humours” (p. 49), who does “our” refer to?

Summary:

Miss Murdstone pretends to “.............” Clara keep house but that she actually does it all by herself, replacing her as housewife and depriving her of any authority or freedom.

Mr Murdstone and his sister take control of the house and isolate .............., .............. and ........................ from each other. They monitor David’s education, in which he is less and less successful. His only comfort is reading the ................... that belonged to his father.

One day, after a lesson, Mr Murdstone wants to cane David for being such a poor student. David tries to prevent him by ................. his hand.

David is punished by confinement to his room for ............. days, at the end of which he is sent away to a ...............

The scene between Mr and Miss Murdstone and David’s mother appears to the reader as an example of the Murdstones’ kindness / pretentions / perversion and honesty / manipulativeness / stupidity. Mr and Miss Murdstone make decisions about the house without consulting Clara. However, when she mentions that it is ........... house, her husband reproaches her. Eventually, she calls it ........... house and even ................................ to her sister-in-law for her behaviour!

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