36 do. Vermeer gives Griet so much bone to grind that forces Griet to wake up very
early to finish it. And at night after the household duties are finished, Tanneke asks Griet stay to rewash the kitchen floor. Griet does not want to blame her
master because of her extra works. She does not complain when Tanneke gives her more tasks to do. Griet tries to finish all of her job without murmuring
Chevalier 122-123. Through Griet’s speeches, her past life, her conversation with others, her
thoughts, and her reactions in dealing with the various situations, we can say that she is a hardworking person. She keeps working hard to support her family life
and save them from poverty. She wants to help her family’s conditions, to have bread and food. She also learns a lot how to be a new good maid in the Vermeer’s
family by working hard so that she does not lose her job.
3. Quiet
Griet is an honest and quiet girl who does not like to talk so much. She likes to tell the truth, but she does not like to share what is on her mind. Through her
appearance, we can say that she is a quiet and calm girl because she wears a cap differently with the other girl in her town in Delft. She makes her face hidden so
that people cannot see clearly her face from both sides. With this kind of cap, people cannot see her face directly and they only guess her expression Chevalier
11. She is a quiet and calm girl. Despite her being quiet, the new situation in Vermeer’s house, some family
members who do not like Griet make her become quieter. She has to adapt with a
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37 strange house where everything is new and she is always tense and serious
Chevalier 31. Griet is mature enough to maintain her family condition. She keeps her
quietness because she does not want to make her family sad and worry about her. After she works in Vermeer’s family, she has to hide many things from her family
to make her family happy. She loves her family so much, especially her sister, Agnes. Since her brother Frans leaves their house, she tries to take care of Agnes
and be a good friend of her. ‘Tell us’ Agnes cried. ‘Tell us about them.
I told them. Only a few things I didn’t mention- how tired I was at night; how the Crucifixion scene hung at the foot of my bed; how I had slapped
Cornelia; how Maertge and Agnes were the same age. Otherwise I told them everything Chevalier 49.
Griet does not want Agnes, her beloved sister, to be sad and to think that she
will be replaced by Maertge. She knows that Agnes is too sensitive to hear this kind of story, and it makes Griet not to tell the truth related to Maertge.
Pieter’s direct opinion about Griet also shows Griet’s quietness. One day Griet meets Pieter around the corner of Oude Langendijk near the market. They
have a conversation related to Vermeer who will make Griet as the model of painting. Pieter is jealous with her; he does not want the master to sketch Griet.
Pieter intends to propose Griet. He asks Griet to run their own business, earn their own money and rule their own life, but Griet cannot answer it clearly. Thus, it
makes Pieter confused about her. ‘I never know what you’re thinking Griet,’ he tried again. ‘You’re so calm
and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.’
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38 I smoothed my cap, checking with my fingers for stray hairs. ‘All I mean to
say this is no painting.’ I declared, ignoring what he had just said Chevalier 170.
Through her appearance and clothing, other character’s opinion about Griet,
her actions and her thought in dealing with some situations, we can say that she is a quiet girl. Griet shows it through her clothing, especially the way she wears a
cap. She is also quiet in keeping her opinion and thought. She also becomes a quiet girl because she is a new maid in a strange house; she has to adapt with the
new situation in her life.
4. Careful
