My apologies for the late instalment this week (well, last
weekend for most of the world now). I have internet problem at home, and I have
to do the quote now at the office (shuuussshhh...).
Anyway, I love the relationship between Mr Knightley and
Emma in ‘Emma’. To me, Mr Knightley is the most realistic gentleman you can
have for our current era. He does apply to the Regency era as well, of course. His
chemistry with Emma is apparent through their banters.
However, I do have a dose of complain to Mr Knightley, and very
critical gentlemen like him. They don’t know how to do romance at all! I mean,
take a look at this passage from Chapter
1:
Mr. Knightley, in fact, was one of the few people
who could see faults in Emma Woodhouse, and the only one who ever told her of
them: and though this was not particularly agreeable to Emma herself, she knew
it would be so much less so to her father, that she would not have him really
suspect such a circumstance as her not being thought perfect by every body.
"Emma knows I never flatter her," said
Mr. Knightley, "but I meant no reflection on any body. Miss Taylor has
been used to have two persons to please; she will now have but one. The chances
are that she must be a gainer."
Point taken, Knightley. And it’s actually admirable that you can say those
things unrestrained to Emma; God knows the girl needs it. But now and then,
Knightley, it’s okay to say something romantic to Emma. And of course when he
does, Emma melts right away.
But I take it, a Knightley-type of person will only reserve his romantic
comments or gestures just for very special occasions. And for girls, those
occasions can be too far in between. People like Knightley need to balance
their objective remarks with romantic gestures every now and then. And I don’t mean
once in a blue moon or once in a year. It should be more often than that.
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