As before, no questions, but choose a short passage which you can discuss briefly in a response (and bring it to class). I want to make sure yuo catch the 'little moments' and not get too lost in the thickets of the plot and the characters. It's a big novel and easy to get lost it!
See you on Friday...
In chapter nine, it cracks me up that once they get to the church, everyone seems to have different ideas. First of all, Mary is sitting there bashing the church by asking who would want to go to church every day, unaware of Edmund’s future career as a clergyman. When she realizes what Edmund will be, she gets embarrassed for her comment. In the same chapter, it cracks me up how the groups are paired: Maria, Henry, and Mr. Rushworth tromp off to look at the grounds, Edmund, Mary, and Fanny wander off together, and Julia gets stuck with Mrs. Norris and Mrs. Rushworth; whoever decided on these groups didn’t think them through very well. I’m also amazed by the fact that Mary and Edmund argue about the church then go off flirting at the end of the chapter. If they were entertaining the notion of being together, wouldn’t they need to be on the same page regarding his occupation?
ReplyDeleteIt seems to be a common occurrence to find Fanny alone. In chapter 12, Tom asks her to dance, but she declines. Some of the times she’s alone, it isn’t her fault. But in the case of chapter 12, it is her fault.
In chapter 16, it almost seems as if Edmund is bending his own rules, even though he swears he’s not. He uses having strangers in the house as an excuse as to why he is going to act in the play. He decides to go ahead and do the play, even though he was way against it. He starts to get a little jealous by Charles Maddox, so he thinks he should act in the play. It’s kind of funny that Fanny and Edmund don’t do something until they get the approval from the other. Fanny will agree with anything Edmund does.
In chapter 14, there is a passage that really makes me laugh. It almost sounds like a family fighting over what they're going to watch on TV, each person shooting down the other's idea. This happens on the end of page 128 continuing on to page 129 coming from the Miss Bertrams, Henry Crawford, Mr. Yates, Tom Bertram, and Mary Crawford. While arguing over which play they should perform the room is yelling out, "Oh! no, that will never do. Let us have no ranting tragedies. Too many characters-- Not a tolerable woman's part in the play..." Tom then goes on to say, "We are wasting time most abominably. Something must be chosen." He sounds like a weary mom driving a mini van, yelling at his kids that he will turn this car around and they will go home. It feels very fun even though it probably shouldn't. The group finally settles on Lovers Vows as the play that they will do. They all agreed because they were tired of arguing.
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