Her warm-hearted actions towards Douglass cease after she is scolded by her husband for teaching Douglass the ABC's. She loses the view of slaves being human beings because she is stricken with the fear that the slaves will revolt and enslave the White's if they ever became literate because they would be discontent with their slave lifestyle.
how and why does MRS. Auld's behavior toward douglass change?
She adapted to new circumstances by convincing herself that she agreed with her husband's views.
Her Husband corrupted her to become an evil slave owner.
Her warm-hearted actions towards Douglass cease after she is scolded by her husband for teaching Douglass the ABC's. She loses the view of slaves being human beings because she is stricken with the fear that the slaves will revolt and enslave the White's if they ever became literate because they would be discontent with their slave lifestyle.
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how and why does MRS. Auld's behavior toward douglass change?
Mrs. Sophia Auld
Mrs. Auld
Mrs. Auld smiling at him
She adapted to new circumstances by convincing herself that she agreed with her husband's views.
Her Husband corrupted her to become an evil slave owner.
I know it isn't, but Sidney Poitier in 'The Concrete Jungle' springs to mind.....
Aggie Auld's birth name is Agnes Leilehua Auld.
Mrs. Auld, the master's wife, taught Frederick Douglass the alphabet and how to read until it was no longer allowed, by law.
Mrs. Auld faced a conflict between her growing sympathy for enslaved individuals and the societal norms and expectations that supported slavery. This inner conflict led her to inadvertently encourage the literacy of Frederick Douglass, one of her enslaved individuals, which was frowned upon by the slaveholding society.
John Auld was born in 1862.
John Auld died in 1932.