tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post1127923903629727161..comments2023-11-04T21:26:59.215+08:00Comments on Becoming Jane Fansite: Jane Austen Quote - Week 70 by RachelIchahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-33165028883711327522009-08-23T07:48:26.612+08:002009-08-23T07:48:26.612+08:00This scene is one of the great conversations in li...This scene is one of the great conversations in literature exploring and comparing the depth of men's and women's feelings of love and loss.<br />There is no question of anyone putting anyone down. Anne & Captain Harville are both speaking from their own sense of loss, but recognize the validity of the other side. Captain Harville was certainly not the least offended by Anne's words; indeed, immediately after the words quoted by Icha he says:<br />"...I am in very good anchorage here," (smiling at Anne) "well supplied and want for nothing..."<br />Anne for her part soon gives full credit to men's feelings:<br />"Oh!" cried Anne eagerly, "I hope I do justice to all that is felt by you, and by those who resemble you. God forbid that I should undervalue the warm and faithful feelings of any of my fellow-creatures. I should deserve utter contempt if I dared to suppose that true attachment and constancy were known only by woman...All I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one, you need not covet it) is that of loving longest, when existence of when hope is gone."<br />Captain Harville's response to this? - "You are a good soul," cried Captain Harville, putting his hand on her arm quite affectionately. "There is no quarreling with you..."<br />I am sure it was those last words by Anne that completely pierced Captain Wentworth's hitherto bitter heart.bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234398809012158944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-30010597094982827882009-08-23T04:39:12.392+08:002009-08-23T04:39:12.392+08:00Persuasion is my favorite out of all Jane's bo...Persuasion is my favorite out of all Jane's books.<br />I love this scene because it sets up how Frederick realizes Anne may still love him. With her declaration in these words start the long desired happy ending for true love.Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807876444563019161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-962048701680581702009-08-22T20:03:30.643+08:002009-08-22T20:03:30.643+08:00"You are always labouring and toiling, expose..."You are always labouring and toiling, exposed to every risk and hardship. Your home, country, friends, all quitted. Neither time, nor health, nor life, to be called your own. It would be hard, indeed" (with a faltering voice), "if woman's feelings were to be added to all this."<br /><br />Hence... no time... for love? Ah... why is it rather familiar?<br /><br />Or perhaps, it's not that they don't have time for love. Perhaps they don't have the energy for love... for they are too busy? But is it not the same thing...?<br /><br />Thanks a lot for the thoughts, Rachel.Ichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.com