Two words: Frank Churchill! I really like Frank in this volume. I get all the double speak he doles out, but still I like him and think he'd be a fun match for Emma. He treats her like an equal and doesn't speak down to her which is my Biggest Pet Peeve with Knightley. (She's a twit at times, yes, but can you please, PLEASE! cut with the holier-than-thou attitude? /rant) So, Frank .... what do y'all think?
And Jane Fairfax too. Emma just strikes me as being uber jealous of Jane b/c she's everything Emma wants to be or think of herself. Another dependent and educated female. Thoughts?
I really like Frank Churchill a lot. I don't even harbor much ill will toward him for the situation with Jane Fairfax. I think he played a part he had to play to convince everyone that there was absolutely nothing between him and Jane. I thought Frank and Emma made a charming couple; their personalities meshed extremely well. He does tend to bring out some of the bad in Emma, but I think they would've had a lively life together. I cannot say 'happy', but I think lively is appropriate. He has to be the most charming man JA wrote
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Oh, and can we talk about Mrs Elton? I hate her, of course, but I love to hate her because she is so completely absurd. She's like Mrs Bennett, Mrs Norris, Mr Collins, and Caroline Bingley all rolled into one ridiculous package that has a great big gaudy ribbon on top.
I swear the novel doesn't get exciting until she rocks up.
Oh gawd, Mrs. Elton. Yes, let's talk about her! She's the epitome of obnoxious, like you said, Tara. I nearly keeled over when Mr. Weston describes Mrs. Churchill to Mrs. Elton (vol. 2, ch. 18/ch. 36) because it reads to me like an equally applicable condemnation of Mrs. Elton, and her reaction is sheer ironic brilliance.
" 'Mr. Churchill has pride; but his pride is nothing to his wife's: his is a quiet, indolent, gentleman-like sort of pride that would harm nobody, and only make himself a little helpless and tiresome; but her pride is arrogance and insolence! And what inclines one less to bear, she has no pretence of family or blood. She was a nobody when he married her, barely the daughter of a gentleman; but ever since her being turned into a Churchill she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims: but in herself, I assure you, she is an upstart
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I still don't like Frank. I've just started listening to the second volume this morning (I think I'm on Chapter 4 or 5 now), where Knightley and Emma got into it regarding Frank. Although I'm willing to allow for Frank's circumstances, I still think he should have been able to talk his way into at least going to his father's wedding. If nothing else, he could have pleaded how it would look to others if he didn't, or weren't allowed to, go. If Mrs. Churchill really was so conceited and cared about her appearance to others, she would have let him go. There had to have been some possibility for him to get away for a day or two. I just really don't think he tried hard enough
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And Jane Fairfax too. Emma just strikes me as being uber jealous of Jane b/c she's everything Emma wants to be or think of herself. Another dependent and educated female. Thoughts?
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I swear the novel doesn't get exciting until she rocks up.
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" 'Mr. Churchill has pride; but his pride is nothing to his wife's: his is a quiet, indolent, gentleman-like sort of pride that would harm nobody, and only make himself a little helpless and tiresome; but her pride is arrogance and insolence! And what inclines one less to bear, she has no pretence of family or blood. She was a nobody when he married her, barely the daughter of a gentleman; but ever since her being turned into a Churchill she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims: but in herself, I assure you, she is an upstart ( ... )
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