“And that angelic face gave place to that
of a demon,” writes Frederick about Mrs. Auld. Frederick uses this
metaphor to tell you how slavery changed Mrs. Auld. When Frederick
first went to live with Mrs. Auld she was a sweet women who had never owned
a slave, and had never had the irresponsible power over a human. Then
not too long after Frederick went to live with the Auld family, did this
power twist Mrs. Auld from her sweet loving self to a hardened master.
There was a process to this happening. First Mr. Auld butted in when
Mrs. Auld was trying to teach Frederick to read. He said if Frederick
learned to read he would no longer be any good as a slave. This let
Mrs. Auld no she had to be harder on Frederick. Later she realized
that her slave would do anything she wanted it to do, and she had full power
over it. She became mean when Frederick did things wrong. This
was the end of his sweet mistress, and the beginning of a cruel demon.
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