Monday, 22 September 2008
Second Weeks Reading
Happy Monday to you all! I hope that you have enjoyed what you have read thus far. There has been a new show on BBC called Lost in Austen which is quite good if you want a modern spin on the Pride and Prejudice. As always I don't want to guide you to much in one direction, so your thoughts would be good to hear. I found that Miss Bingley's behavior to be typical of someone whose love is unrequited. She is Jealous of Lizzy's peaking Darcy's curiosity even though it is apparent that he knows Lizzy's station in life it not of equal standing.
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ok. So I must say, at 1st I thought Darcey to be all about the pride. Now,however I think that Lizzy herself is the one full of too much pride. I mean it would be wise for her to secure a place at D.'s house before shooting her mouth off. Would it not? I do agree with S. though. Miss. B. is a typical female who has an crush on the wrong person. I do wonder though if she likes him or his money. She is the kind of girl that would marry any person as long as they had money.
Catie Marie
I haven't read chapter 23 yet, but i feel that Wickham is a quite nice man. He is not vulgar or cruel or anything like Darcy. Although I would not describe Darcy as cruel, I would say he is vulgar at times. I think he is a rather contradictory character, one minute he is nice the next he is not, I wish he would make up his mind and pick a personality Lizzy is headstrong, intelligent and different to all other woman of her time, and maybe even our time. Mrs.Bennet may have her daughters best interests at heart, but she doesn't realise that she is still going the wrong way about it. Miss.Bingley is a little jealous, that Lizzy is getting some attention from Darcy, she obviously wants Darcy to herself. Mr.Collins is rude, he stays with his cousins and has the audacity to go out on one day of the visit. He may have power over his cousins but, still, thats no way to treat your hosts. Lady Catherine sounds intruiging and sort of, well, snobby like Collins.
I loved the chapter dealing with the marriage proposal of Mr. Collins to Elizabeth. Once again it was really humourous. First of all -- the marriage proposal was so quick -- they knew each other what - like a few days. But I do understand that was how things were done back then. And it does follow what someone said earlier about keeping wealth in the family etc. What was most funny was Mrs. Bennet's reaction when she heard Elizabeth refused and began making all excuses for her. Then she gets Mr Bennet involved and he at first made Mrs Bennett think he was on her side but ended up taking Elizabeth's side. Once again it demonstrates the priority of the olden days - run off and get married so money stays in the family as well as unburdening the bride's family so that bride could be taken care of by the husband.
The young one, I wouldn't say Darcy is vulgar. He's blunt and graceless, but he doesn't actually say or do anything in bad taste. I see him as a young man who is wary of gold-diggers (and is currently being hunted by Miss Bingley) and unsure whom to trust.
The other thing I wanted to mention is I just watched a very fun and kooky musical film adaptation called "Bride and Prejudice". It's a retelling of the story featuring a girl from modern day India and a wealthy American. Lots of colorful costumes and fun dance sequences. You might want to check it out, but preferably after reading the book and maybe seeing one of the regular film adaptations, like the excellent 1995 version with Colin Firth.
Maybe vulgar was too strong a word to use, maybe I should have used over the top in some cases.
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