tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post1721881477032226711..comments2024-03-18T04:50:28.589-07:00Comments on Grace's Mosaic Moments: Creating a HeroineGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040441084648426091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-54518589519045375762018-07-29T05:55:12.758-07:002018-07-29T05:55:12.758-07:00It always amazes me that people dislike Fanny pric...It always amazes me that people dislike Fanny price because she isn't more assertive and dislike Emma because she is too assertive. The trouble is neither is Elizabeth Bennet. Most of Barbara Cartland's heroines weren't TSTL. They did often appear weak and in need of a strong man's help-- but men like to feel the protector. The too stupid to live heroine was the one -- usually in a Gothic-- who decides to investigate the noise in the cellar though alone in the house when she knows some one is threatening her. The so called spunky or feisty heroine is often the one who I think is TSTL. "I can do it myself" stupidity is often a trademark of the independent heroine who has to show she doesn't need men. Blair Bancroft's heroines are never that stupid though many are.<br />Jane Austen wrote six books with six different types of female as heroine. They were deliberately created with different strengths and weaknesses. I think Fanny price and Mansfield Park were partially, at least , created to refute the theory of delicacy. Mary Crawford is the closest to Elizabeth Bennet but lacks her morals.<br />Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.com