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12 years ago @ http://kentuckiana-rrr... - Book Review: The Flig... · 0 replies · +1 points
The reason Wide Sargasso Sea works is that it takes a different time and a different perspective instead of recreating the story.
I have seen a lot about this book but wasn't really aware of the JE take. Definitely won't pick this one up.
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12 years ago @ http://litendeavors.bl... - tv comas, couch potato... · 0 replies · +1 points
Sometimes vegging in front of the TV is the only way to get past stuff.
13 years ago @ The Blue Bookcase - Review: A Doll\'s Hous... · 2 replies · +2 points
A. the mother-child connection is NEVER a definite, and I think it's dangerous to assume it is. Plenty of women leave their children - or worse. We don't assume this of men because it's not "natural." Why then, is it "natural" for women? It isn't always.
B. Nora leaving her children. You're right, I think, about the nanny being the buffer, but more than that, there are several pivotal scenes where Torvald discusses why children grow up to be bad (Krogstad). According to him, it's always the mother's fault. So, in her mind, she isn't good for her children because she forged and lied. And, she sees the children happy with the nanny. She doesn't really know them.
I've always found it interesting that Nora's original decision is so selfless, to save her husband, yet the way she is forced to go about it ruins her life, in some sense (though she may argue quite the opposite). I find it a fascinating play, and like many, I think seeing it may help some of the awkwardness of reading a play.
PS - I certainly "get" why you and others immediately get upset about Nora leaving her children. I just want to offer alternatives to that way of thinking - not because I encourage moms leaving kids but because I think we need to make space in society for moms who don't totally love being a mom. Maybe if they understood there are mothers out there who are exhausted and feel disconnected, they wouldn't feel it necessary to leave.
13 years ago @ The Blue Bookcase - Review: Never Let Me G... · 0 replies · +2 points