ith the framing of the bank robbery, see above.Tom as a result of his mercenary behavior has become addicted to money. Consequences from this has been an addiction to gambling, running gambling debts of up to one hundred pounds, which was lots of money in the Victorian times. When Tom is in financial debt, he turns to his sister for money; this shows how dependent Tom is on Louisa, and how incompetent he is to look after himself.As to Louisa, her mind has been twisted and she has remained nave and curious about life. Louisa is a precious child; she treats Bounderby with contempt throughout the book, even early in the book when he insists a kiss from her. It comes evident all through the book of her love for Tom; she would do virtually anything for him. As a result of her inexperience in life; and love for Tom, Louisa though she knew it was a bad thing, had no other possibility but to marry Bounderby when the proposal was put to her because again of her love for Tom, as Tom asked her to, again for his personal gain. Her father stated that the age difference did not matter. A factor that made her decide most certainly would be the influence of Tom, Tom wanted her sister to marry Bounderby because it would help him get into a high position in Bounderbys company, again this shows his mercenary behavior. Because Louisa really cares for Tom she married Bounderby because she did not want to upset Tom. So Louisa married Bounderby even though she did not want to. We can tell that she did not really want to marry him because, when she said, There seems to be nothing there but languid and monotonous smoke. Yet when the night comes, fire bursts out, father! This quote seems to incline symbolism to a negative view to marrying Bounderby, as in other words she is saying that there would be repressed feelings of passionate love, if this marriage would go ahead as its denies her the opportunity of Love, therefore she is susceptible to being s...
