JA's heroines: Bright and mistaken, quiet and right
Posted by Linden on April 29, 1998 at 21:12:00:
A thought on JA's heroines. They almost all fall into two groups:
(a) the bright ones who have to learn from their mistakes (Lizzy, Catherine, Emma, Marianne)
(b) the quiet ones who don't make mistakes (Elinor, Janes Fairfax and Bennet, Fanny): they suffer in silence from other people's mistakes.
I can think of only two exceptions: Mary Crawford (bright, but doesn't learn the error of her ways), and Anne Elliot (quiet, but having made a mistake that's brought her over eight years of misery).
Was Jane Austen trying to tell us something about the virtues of quietness?
- Or... Laraine 13:31:55 4/30/98
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- And... Linden 18:54:46 4/30/98
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- I think we're agreeing straight down the line Laraine 15:34:03 5/01/98
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- Pathos in JA Linden 19:41:36 5/01/98
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- Can I get a clarification? Erin 13:53:45 5/02/98
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- Tragedy and pathos Linden 20:02:33 5/02/98
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- Yet... Erin 12:35:18 5/03/98
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- What about S&S Arnessa 22:51:25 5/04/98
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- Aristotle and tragedy... Helen 14:47:18 5/03/98
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- Blah Blah, Tragedy in this "Helen-ic" age Ian of Erin 22:34:11 5/04/98
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- I can't believe... Erin 00:03:25 5/04/98
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- Oh, don't stop!!!! Laraine 14:42:32 5/04/98
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- Even longer... (I'm sorry) Helen 17:43:54 5/04/98
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- Driveling along ;-p Erin 23:12:56 5/04/98
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- Driveling along ;-p Erin 23:12:56 5/04/98
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- Even longer... (I'm sorry) Helen 17:43:54 5/04/98
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- Oh, don't stop!!!! Laraine 14:42:32 5/04/98
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- What did Aristotle say about comedy? Linden 18:47:59 5/03/98
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- Essentially... Erin 22:14:57 5/03/98
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- So JA's comedies aren't Aristotelian? (nfm) Linden 23:56:41 5/03/98
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- I would not use Aristotle's definition Erin 00:20:59 5/04/98
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- We're running off the screen here... Linden 02:15:00 5/04/98
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- We're running off the screen here... Linden 02:15:00 5/04/98
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- I would not use Aristotle's definition Erin 00:20:59 5/04/98
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- So JA's comedies aren't Aristotelian? (nfm) Linden 23:56:41 5/03/98
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- Essentially... Erin 22:14:57 5/03/98
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- Blah Blah, Tragedy in this "Helen-ic" age Ian of Erin 22:34:11 5/04/98
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- What about S&S Arnessa 22:51:25 5/04/98
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- Yet... Erin 12:35:18 5/03/98
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- Tragedy and pathos Linden 20:02:33 5/02/98
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- Can I get a clarification? Erin 13:53:45 5/02/98
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- Pathos in JA Linden 19:41:36 5/01/98
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- I think we're agreeing straight down the line Laraine 15:34:03 5/01/98
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- And... Linden 18:54:46 4/30/98
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- An Aside Hil 22:59:55 4/29/98
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- Secondary heroines Linden 18:27:51 4/30/98
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- A simple test Laraine 15:47:10 5/01/98
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- A simple test Laraine 15:46:22 5/01/98
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- I've always thought of Mary and Isabella Constanza 19:16:05 4/30/98
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- Me too, Constanza (nfm) Hil 22:13:46 4/30/98
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- Me too, Constanza (nfm) Hil 22:13:46 4/30/98
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- A simple test Laraine 15:47:10 5/01/98
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- Secondary heroines Linden 18:27:51 4/30/98
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