i am flightly like a butterfly

[schmerica]

I have a poll! Do you have a poll? I bet you don't. SO THERE.

In conclusion, I am having a weird note.

[Poll #613559]

Comments

[jae-w.livejournal.com]

You know, I first read Mansfield Park a long time ago, after reading all the other completed Austen novels, and I was completely exasperated with Fanny. But I read it again about a year ago, and I was surprised -- while I wouldn't say I like her or would want to hang out with her, I think she was admirable, and I think she actually did show a lot of backbone. She had a very clear and firm idea of morality, and she devoted herself to those ideas, even in the face of a lot of unpleasantness. She also had a very clear and I think demanding sense of duty, and she held herself to that standard even at a lot of personal cost. I think it's hard to like her, because she's not at all in the modern style of a heroine -- she's not witty or quick, like Elizabeth Bennett, and doing your duty is not necessarily seen as a big virtue now, at least when your duty as you see it isn't to do something huge and outwardly noble. It took me a while to warm to her, but I do admire her.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Sigh. You're right, of course -- she really does make some hard choices, and she has to stand up for herself when everyone wishes she would just give in already. I don't know why it doesn't make me like her! I mean, I went into this reading with an open mind, hoping that I would discover her great qualities this time, and ... no. She has all these characteristics I normally love in characters, and yet I cannot see her as anything but Queen of the Passive Aggressive Martyr Mouses. Bah.