An elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches. ... Dubose is a thoroughly bad woman, Atticus admires her for the courage with which she battles her morphine addiction.
Mrs. Dubose is a cranky old lady who lives down the block from Jem and Scout. She sits on her front porch and taunts the children when they pass by. She is generally hateful and argumentative, except when Atticus disarms her by complimenting the flowers in her yard.
