Well, I'm not sure that I can convince you that Knightley grows, because I'm not sure that he does. I will, however, say this in his defense: if some of the people, i.e. Miss Taylor or Emma's father, had checked her in her youth as she should have been checked, Knightley might have had to be a little less hard and arrogant in his corrections. He was basically trying to do what needed to be done within his limited time and influence over Emma (in that he didn't live with them). I look at him as the wall Emma should have run into much earlier when she was moving through the world a little slower.
Now Frank Churchill is just a prat. I never liked him at all. I thought he was arrogant and cheeky, even before the whole thing with JF came out, so I never got upset with Knightley's assessments of him. I rather thought he had him spot on. OK, he was probably in a bad situation, but still, he could have made more of an effort than he did. He certainly made an effort with JF and could have done the same in regards to his father. He makes me want to smack him clear into the middle of next week.
Don't we all judge other people by our own experiences and standards? I don't think you should be so hard on Knightley considering this. Actually, in a way, he was elevating Frank by doing so, i.e. he was assuming that Frank was as much the gentleman as he and could have at least done more to act as he should have. Dependant nephews rights or not, I'm not buying Frank's arguments, even with Emma defending him :0)
Now Frank Churchill is just a prat. I never liked him at all. I thought he was arrogant and cheeky, even before the whole thing with JF came out, so I never got upset with Knightley's assessments of him. I rather thought he had him spot on. OK, he was probably in a bad situation, but still, he could have made more of an effort than he did. He certainly made an effort with JF and could have done the same in regards to his father. He makes me want to smack him clear into the middle of next week.
Don't we all judge other people by our own experiences and standards? I don't think you should be so hard on Knightley considering this. Actually, in a way, he was elevating Frank by doing so, i.e. he was assuming that Frank was as much the gentleman as he and could have at least done more to act as he should have. Dependant nephews rights or not, I'm not buying Frank's arguments, even with Emma defending him :0)
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