the actress lisagay hamilton was the black woman who helped to take care of jem and scout in the play.
the actress lisagay hamilton was the black woman who helped to take care of jem and scout in the play.
which actress is the black woman who helps to take care of jem and scout in the play?
lisagay hamilton
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mrs. henry lafayette dubose is an elderly woman who lives near the finches. she is hated by the children, who run by her house to avoid her. scout describes mrs. dubose as "plain hell." a virulent racist, she calls atticus a "nigger-lover" to his children's faces, and jem flies into a rage and ravages mrs. dubose's camellia bushes. as a punishment, jem is required to read to mrs. dubose each day for a month. as jem reads, she experiences a fit of drooling and twitching and does not seem to pay any attention to the words. when an alarm rings, jem is allowed to leave for the day. she extends the punishment for one extra week and dies shortly after letting jem go for the last time. atticus informs him that mrs. dubose was terminally ill and had become addicted to morphine. by reading to her, jem had distracted her so that she could break the addiction. in thanks, she leaves him a candy box with a camellia flower in it; jem burns the box in anger, but is later seen by scout admiring the flower. atticus tells jem that mrs. dubose was the bravest person he ever knew, and she was trying to teach jem the importance of bravery and true courage to endure anything when the situation is hopeless, as in her morphine addiction.
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