Physical appearance (mostly ch.1)

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Physical appearance (mostly ch.1) Written by Line (9/19/2005 12:44 a.m.)

I noticed on this re-read that Anne is described as having "mild, dark eyes", which makes me think that JA used "dark" to mean "brown", not dark blue or anything like that, since I don't believe anyone's eyes are ever described as brown in any of her novels. (I remember a discussion about this at the P&P board.)

We are told that Anne is now "haggard", "faded and thin", another reminder that in JA's time, calling someone thin was not a compliment!

Also, I notice that the word "bloom" or "blooming" comes up nine times in this novel...

One thing I hadn't noticed before: Mary is described as having become "coarse", at least in her father's estimation. Naturally, this is a hard thing to show in an adaptation, and I don't think either Mary in P1 or P2 can be described as "coarse". Now that I come to think about it, I'm not quite sure what JA (or Sir Walter) would mean by this word. Can anyone help me out?

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Physical appearance (mostly ch.1) Line (9/19/2005 12:44 a.m.)

Dark. Reeba (9/19/2005 8:07 a.m.)
Coarse Julie W (9/19/2005 5:28 a.m.)
- I think you're probably right about the skin, Julie Line (9/19/2005 5:50 p.m.)
  - More on appearances LaurieC (9/19/2005 8:52 p.m.)
    - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Maisy (9/19/2005 9:24 p.m.)
- Plus having very young children JeannetteF (9/19/2005 6:06 a.m.)
We may have to ask Ramya (9/19/2005 1:15 a.m.)
- Mary & Anne -- Looks Annette J. (9/19/2005 4:44 a.m.)

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