David Copperfield, Chapter 20: samenvatting

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1. Steerforth gives Copperfield a comfortable breakfast, invites him to Highgate, and calls him Daisy during their sightseeing.
2. At Highgate, Mrs. Steerforth welcomes Copperfield, and Miss Dartle indirectly challenges her confidence in her son’s college life.
3. Copperfield invites Steerforth to Suffolk, and Dartle questions Steerforth’s claim that poorer people have less sensitive feelings.
4. Steerforth admits that he throws a hammer at Dartle in childhood, causing her lasting scar.
5. Mrs. Steerforth praises her son’s superiority, while Dartle probes the meaning of Copperfield’s nickname.
6. Copperfield retires happily, but Dartle’s portrait troubles him and her questioning manner enters his dreams.

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The admission establishes that Dartle’s injury comes from deliberate violence, not an accident. It sharply contrasts with Copperfield’s admiration and Mrs. Steerforth’s praise.

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