tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072609778452128258.post5535837792846442096..comments2024-03-04T10:17:35.836-08:00Comments on MARISSABIDILLA: Am I a Jane Austen Heroine?Marissa Skudlarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864377900420377361noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072609778452128258.post-75900428053760047352007-12-01T19:17:00.000-08:002007-12-01T19:17:00.000-08:00I agree that Fanny was timid, but she was no weakl...I agree that Fanny was timid, but she was no weakling, because she would not have Mr. Crawford, no matter the consequences--just as Jane Eyre would not have Mr. Rochester, even if she did love him. Neither settled. Fanny rejected the worldly Henry Crawford, and married Edmund, a clergyman. Jane rejected the repressed clergyman St. John Rivers, and married the worldly (but reformed) Mr. Rochester. I admire them both.A True Janian Replyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197166753401229057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072609778452128258.post-82112507889173753702007-11-26T00:56:00.000-08:002007-11-26T00:56:00.000-08:00i once took a "Which Jane Austen character are you...i once took a "Which Jane Austen character are you?" quiz..I was Emma Woodhouse..the next was Elizabeth Bennet..<BR/><BR/>Nice post..this is better than my How do I love Jane post...it's just terrible that I didn't got to read this post before I wrote mine..Webster Twelbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05084898715887417623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072609778452128258.post-46569455906236191442007-11-24T15:43:00.000-08:002007-11-24T15:43:00.000-08:00Thanks for commenting. I hadn't realized Austen w...Thanks for commenting. I hadn't realized Austen wrote "Mansfield Park" a full 10 years after "P&P" and can definitely see the shift in her writing style. But I agree with you that a bit of Elizabeth Bennet's humor and frivolity is just as necessary as Fanny Price's goodness and morality!Marissa Skudlarekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864377900420377361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072609778452128258.post-70478376993631245922007-11-21T17:46:00.000-08:002007-11-21T17:46:00.000-08:00Many have found difficulty relating to Fanny Price...Many have found difficulty relating to Fanny Price's character. She has been called an insipid doormat by many. I often find myself yelling at her while reading out of sheer frusteration. I think Jane Austen was attempting to create a good, gentle kind soul, so pure and reserved as a ploy against the evil and corruption in her world by such characters as Henry & Mary Crawford, and the underlying slavery subtext. Many say that Mansfield Park is a morality novel, and that Austen was attempting to move in a more serious direction after a ten year holiday from writing. What every her reasons, I find it dark and serious and interspective which makes me the same. I must temper this with doses of frivality to stay balanced! Thanks for posting this. Laurel Ann wwww.austenprose. wordpres.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208772587061051256noreply@blogger.com