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One character trait for Mrs. Bates was motherly. When a boy tries to steal her purse she fixes him. She saw his dirty face and she allowed him to wash it at her house. Like how a mother would clean their child. The boy was hungry so she gave him a meal. A mother would feed their kid. In the book she said "You ought to be my son". This proves that she sees him to be her son. She takes care of him and teaches him.