sh and vicious, but without her morphine, she cannot escape her pain, and must resort to yelling and acting rude. She has been in her bed, through the sickest of times “her face was the color of a dirt pillowcase, and the corners of her mouth glistened with wet…” (106), yet still able to fight. Although she antagonizes the kids, it is the lack of morphine that causes her to lose her composure, but it is the strength of her giving up her addiction, that makes her important.Mrs. Dubose appears to the reader as a very brave woman because she fights through her addiction of drugs while she is very sick, and is about to die. She and her camellia flowers resemble each other because even after a trouncing, they still continue to grow and fight back “…thought you could kill my Snow-on-the-Mountain… Jessie says the top’s growing back out…” (110). Much like her Camellias, Mrs. Dubose is intrepid and they continue to struggle even though they face imminent danger. Also, she stands up for what she believes in, and backs down to no one, even Atticus. When the doctor told her she would die soon, and she told Atticus, after he came to visit her, “[I] still [disapprove] heartily of [your] doings, and [I’d] probably would spend the rest of my life bailing you out of jail.” (111). Fighting for her soul, “[she] had won, all ninety-eight pounds of her…” (112), and did it with all her might and courage.During the course of the novel, courage is shown in the character of Mrs. Dubose and reflects upon all the protagonists of the novel. She reflected her bravery, her will and her thought during the spring before the trial of Tom Robinson, by fighting her losing addiction to morphine. Her bravery and spirit were raised in the same flowers that she has been fostering throughout her life. Every day after his work, Atticus would come to visit Mrs. Dubose and check o...
