When she was 10, Fanny Price went to live with her wealthy, titled aunt and uncle, the Bertrams. Eight years later, Fanny returns to the seaside town of Portsmouth to visit her family. An unwelcome suitor, Mr. Crawford, follows her. Mrs. Price is Fanny's mother.,end italics,
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The Prices were just setting off for church the next day when Mr Crawford appeared again. He came, not to stop, but to join them; he was asked to go with them to the Garrison chapel, which was exactly what he had intended, and they all walked thither together.
The family were now seen to advantage. Nature had given them no inconsiderable share of beauty, and every Sunday dressed them in their cleanest skins and best attire. Sunday always brought this comfort to Fanny, and on this Sunday she felt it more than ever. Her poor mother now did not look so very unworthy of being Lady Bertram's sister as she was but too apt to look. It often grieved her to the heart, to think of the contrast between them; to think that where nature had made so little difference, circumstances should have made so much, and that her mother, as handsome as Lady Bertram, and some years her junior, should have an appearance so much more worn and faded, so comfortless, so slatternly, so shabby. But Sunday made her a very creditable and tolerably cheerful-looking Mrs Price, coming abroad with a fine family of children, feeling a little respite of her weekly cares, and only discomposed if she saw her boys run into danger, or Rebecca,superscript,1,baseline, pass by with a flower in her hat.
In chapel they were obliged to divide, but Mr Crawford took care not to be divided from the female branch; and after chapel he still continued with them, and made one in the family party on the ramparts.
Mrs Price took her weekly walk on the ramparts every fine Sunday throughout the year, always going directly after morning service and staying till dinner-time. It was her public place: there she met her acquaintance, heard a little news, talked over the badness of the Portsmouth servants, and wound up her spirits for the six days ensuing.
(from ,begin underline,Mansfield Park,end underline, by Jane Austen)
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,begin bold,,superscript,1,baseline,Rebecca:,end bold, Mrs. Price's servant
Question
How does setting affect the character of Mrs. Price in the passage?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
Mrs. Price feels self-conscious about the way in which her somewhat shabby appearance is viewed by the people of Portsmouth.
2.
Although Mrs. Price has friends in Portsmouth, she is aware that she is less popular and less attractive than her sister, Lady Bertram.
3.
Despite her poor circumstances, the town with its Sunday society, ramparts, and neighbors provides an outlet and revives Mrs. Price.
4.
On Sundays, Mrs. Price is able to put aside her fears about her children running into danger and enjoy the company of like-minded society.