1. Elderly
1.1. Is in a wheelchair
1.2. Is Dying
1.2.1. Is addicted to morphine, she overcomes this addiction close to her death so she can die with a clear mind without drugs.
2. Always sits on the porch criticising the passers by
3. Harper Lee uses Mrs Dubose's character as a metaphor for things not being as they seem. never judge a book by its cover.
4. Looks Like
4.1. In a Wheelchair
4.1.1. "She put her hands on the wheels of her wheelchair" pg. 110
4.2. Elderly
4.2.1. "She was very old" pg. 108
4.3. Uncontrollable drooling
4.3.1. "When she drew it away it trailed a long thread of saliva"
5. How Others See Her
5.1. Intolerable
5.1.1. Scout introduces her as "Plain Hell" pg. 14
5.2. Mean
5.2.1. "She was Vicious" pg. 108
5.2.2. misunderstood, couragous
5.2.2.1. "I wanted you too see something about her, i wanted you to see what real courage is" pg. 121
6. Motivated by
6.1. determined to dies tiwh dignity, without morphine.
6.1.1. "she meant to break herself of it before she died, and she did" pg. 120
6.2. Racial Prejudice
6.2.1. "Not only a Finch waiting on tables, but one in the courthouse lawing for Niggers!" pg. 108
7. Jem and Scout's Neighbour
7.1. Jem gets angry and destroys the majority of her flowers in her front yard, his resulting punishment being reading to her every day for two months. Scout joins him when they do this and they notice a strange pattern with the alarm clock.
8. Known to be mean
8.1. Scout introduces her as "Plain Hell"
8.2. Comes of as a really bitter woman
8.3. When she dies Scout and Jem discover that she wasn't actually that mean, she was just overcoming an addiction and she was a very opinionated lady
9. Has a black maid named Jessie
10. Beleifs and Values
10.1. Racist
10.1.1. "Not only a Finch waiting on tables, but one in the courthouse lawing for Niggers!" pg. 108
10.2. Old Fashioned and Proper
10.2.1. "Do't you say hey to me, you ugly girl! You say good afternoon Mrs Dubose" pg. 108
11. Acts Like
11.1. Has a CSA Pistol
11.1.1. "It was rumored that she kept a CSA pistol concealed among her numerous shawls and wraps" pg. 108
11.2. Vicious
11.2.1. "You ugly girl!" pg. 108 (unprovoked)
11.3. She is ill and had fits from morphine withdrawal.
11.3.1. "She is an old lady and she is ill" pg. 109