All Round St. Paul's

This photo is from All The Year Round magazine but this is placed after Miss. Clack’s first chapter. This text relates heavily back to Miss. Clack. The article shown starts talking about how the narrator’s friend is abhorred that a magnificent cathedral is incredibly dirty. While the narrator finds beauty in the dirtiness until they see how dirty the St. Paul’s is and how the dirt metamorphosed the beauty of the cathedral.

The article talks about how, even the wealthiest city cannot take care of their cathedrals by giving them a wash with soap and water. This statement relates back to Miss. Clack because she only puts in the work to be a good Christian woman upfront, but does not put in the hard work and effort it takes to truly be a good Christian woman. On the outside, Miss. Clack might seem like a good person, but her walls are just as dirty as the cathedral’s.

The article in relation to Miss. Clack creates commentary about what is Christianity and what makes someone good or bad. It also creates commentary if the church makes you a good Christian or if it is the person. Miss. Clack, while does quite a bit of charity work as a good Christian woman, she only does it to look good on the outside. By forcing her morals and religion on others, and by not doing charity work just to do it, not for the appearance, she dirties her Christianity. Her lack of sympathy and empathy towards others has worn her away and changed her into quite a bitter person.