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Does anybody wonder why Lady Bertram is so out of it, and why Sir Thomas gives her a pass on parenting? I think Austen could have given her some sort of past brain injury – she tripped over Pug maybe, or got strangled in her endless Fringe, and that made her childlike forever after.
Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)She’s not “out of it”–she has opted out. Austen says as much: she’s bone idle, and prefers doing needlework and petting her dog to actively participa…moreShe”s not “out of it”–she has opted out. Austen says as much: she”s bone idle, and prefers doing needlework and petting her dog to actively participating in life. After all, she married a rich man, that”s what servants are for. There are plenty of wealthy women in the world today who sit around watching TV, going to the hairdresser, lunching–and little else. They pay other people to take care of their houses, their kids, their meals and clothes. Their only mission in life is to be as comfortable and fashionable as possible. You don”t have to be disabled to be brain-dead. You don”t even have to be rich, to be selfish and lazy. Today she”d sit glued to reality TV all day, if she were working class, or reading one Harlequin Presents after another, or something.Sir Thomas is so wrapped up in his business that he hardly notices his own children are there unless they, like Tom, get so into debt or make such fools of themselves that he has to pay attention. Again, like plenty of workaholics the world over in our day and age he knows the servants and busybody Aunt Norris will take up the slack. Wifey doesn”t bother her pretty little head, but then she doesn”t have to–he can afford it. Just like plenty of absentee parents today–they bring in the money and find somebody to take care of things. Au pairs, nannys, housekeepers, schools–whoever.(less)
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Musica1Scientific studies have now shown that marrying a first cousin doesn’t statistically increase your chances of genetic defects. It was fairly common in…moreScientific studies have now shown that marrying a first cousin doesn”t statistically increase your chances of genetic defects. It was fairly common in the past and only seems weird to us because we don”t do it anymore. When you read anything, be it a history book or a novel, you need to try to put yourself into the feelings and thoughts of that time period to understand people”s actions, and not judge actions based on modern ideas and feelings. In 200 more years things we take as normal will probably seem shocking.(less)
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