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Even Mrs. Norris in Mansfield Park, who is a real piece of work, is a realistic character without being a cartoon villain.Lona Manninghttp://www.lonamanning.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-58119796190169542192018-09-01T20:02:28.548+01:002018-09-01T20:02:28.548+01:00Excellent analysis! It particularly bothered me th...Excellent analysis! It particularly bothered me that Mr. B was generally portrayed so sympathetically in TV and movie adaptations as well. And as silly as Mrs. B is, one can't help but sympathize with her anxiety. She's looking at a pretty grim future if Mr. B predeceases her. Vanessa Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571549124283013391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-36951265248833959242018-08-08T11:08:14.109+01:002018-08-08T11:08:14.109+01:00Thank you for your comment, Melinda/Sarah. I'm...Thank you for your comment, Melinda/Sarah. I'm not sure I entirely agree with you about Jane Austen always treating her characters with affection. I could be wrong, but I do think she's unkind to poor Mary - I can't help thinking that she doesn't like her very much. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949657441934825128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-33043939485234112018-08-08T09:04:11.109+01:002018-08-08T09:04:11.109+01:00A very interesting post, Elizabeth. I think JA her...A very interesting post, Elizabeth. I think JA herself was clear about Mr B's faults, but as was her way, she laughed at them even while subtly bringing them to the reader's attention. Lizzie, too, while very fond of her father, is not blind to his shortcomings. As always though, Austen treats her characters with affection. Which is why we love her books so much!<br /><br />Thank you for this very considered article.Melinda Hammond/Sarah Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402460212860103804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-28951312737230141532018-08-06T18:21:42.995+01:002018-08-06T18:21:42.995+01:00Thank you for your interesting comment, Tea Guide....Thank you for your interesting comment, Tea Guide. About the girls learning domestic skills from their mother, don't forget Mr Collins begging to know, after his first dinner at Longbourn, 'to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owning.' <br /><br />'Mrs Bennet assured him, with some asperity, that they were very well able to keep a good cook, and that her daughters had nothing to do in the kitchen.'<br /><br />And I doubt whether Mr Bennet taught the girls - otherwise, surely, he would have taught Mary the rudiments of philosophy which would have enabled her to construct a logical argument. I think he was just too lazy.<br /><br />Actually, I think you are right about hands on fathering being a fairly recent phenomenon - possibly triggered by the Women's Liberation movement in the 1970s. <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949657441934825128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-62163776936000154182018-08-06T16:48:57.063+01:002018-08-06T16:48:57.063+01:00Well done, Elizabeth. While I have to admit to suc...Well done, Elizabeth. While I have to admit to succumbing to Mr Bennet's charm (most notably when played by Benjamin Whitrow and Hugh Bonneville) I have wondered about this myself. I had presumed that Mr B taught his daughters (the ones who were interested, that is) their academic subjects and Mrs B taught them domestic skills. And been appalled at the general dynamics of the family. I don't know that this fatherly neglect was not uncommon in the Georgian period -- up until recently perhaps when fathers were encouraged to become more engaged with their children. BTW, it was indeed Mr B's "fault" that he didn't have sons -- X and Y chromosomes and all that! I am currently reading a book about British daily life in Georgian/Regency times and hope it provides some elucidation, as it has about several other topics JA presented.TeaGuidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215828135970409917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-23056801049505951482018-08-05T21:33:37.230+01:002018-08-05T21:33:37.230+01:00Thank you for your comment, Margaret. You are righ...Thank you for your comment, Margaret. You are right. I hadn't heard of the phrase 'deadbeat dad' before - but it fits. Would he have been more emotionally engaged with a son, one wonders. Probably not; he never bothered to get to know Mr Collins as a young boy, for example, which one thinks would have been a prudent move. Who knows, with some proper masculine guidance, even Mr C. might have turned out quite sensible. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949657441934825128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-44444687558422114232018-08-05T20:11:27.277+01:002018-08-05T20:11:27.277+01:00P and P is one of my favourite books, and I have o...P and P is one of my favourite books, and I have often reread it over the years. During these reads, I gradually came to them conclusion that Mr. Benne is what it now referred to as a 'deadbeat dad.," who detached himself emotionally, physically and emotionally from his daughters.Margaret Southallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-31258031687748666142018-08-05T15:33:31.625+01:002018-08-05T15:33:31.625+01:00Thank you, Vesper. How interesting that we should ...Thank you, Vesper. How interesting that we should both have our doubts about Mr Bennet. I'd love to know what Jane Austen's contemporaries thought about him. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949657441934825128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-25171592709741162052018-08-05T14:51:10.317+01:002018-08-05T14:51:10.317+01:00Thank you, someone who has the same opinion as I d...Thank you, someone who has the same opinion as I doAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847902690645168591noreply@blogger.com