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anghraineAn anon said:
I think I read Mansfield Park... wrong. I went in expecting Fanny to be too good and moral and maybe preachy, but given how wild the rest of the characters were in contrast, I started looking at Fanny as the "one who's gotten too tired with all the craziness around her and knows too well nobody will listen to her" by the time everyone puts on the play. I guess I'm completely off the mark seeing Fanny this way, but are there any similar interpretations?
I replied:
While I’m not really a fan of “there are no wrong readings,” that doesn’t seem particularly out there to me. That said, I think there’s a distinction between Fanny’s actions and Fanny’s interiority, and the latter is where much of the sense of her character comes from.
I haven’t read much MP criticism lately (and what I have read was on other subjects), so I can’t really say how common that is.
I think I read Mansfield Park... wrong. I went in expecting Fanny to be too good and moral and maybe preachy, but given how wild the rest of the characters were in contrast, I started looking at Fanny as the "one who's gotten too tired with all the craziness around her and knows too well nobody will listen to her" by the time everyone puts on the play. I guess I'm completely off the mark seeing Fanny this way, but are there any similar interpretations?
I replied:
While I’m not really a fan of “there are no wrong readings,” that doesn’t seem particularly out there to me. That said, I think there’s a distinction between Fanny’s actions and Fanny’s interiority, and the latter is where much of the sense of her character comes from.
I haven’t read much MP criticism lately (and what I have read was on other subjects), so I can’t really say how common that is.