Well done, citoyeness. Perhaps we could strike some kind of comemmerative medal? I survived Place of Greater Saftey and all I have to show for it is a bundle of anger issues.
Mantel really does seem to have it in for her female characters. They're all awful, unlikeable, manipulative people.
Oh yes, yes, yes. What I don't get is why people like the female characters in this. They're almost all stock anti-feminist cliches from the desperate bored housewife through to the scheming minx who cries rape.
To me it's always made a great deal of sense: why shouldn't a lonely man with not much family of his own want to "adopt" his landlord's family, especially if he plans on marrying their daughter?
Word. What's odd about it? What? Aside from the fact moving in with people who will feed you at least twice a day probably makes good survivalist sense if you are a somewhat preoccupied revolutionary, I don't think it's too much cod psychology to say, I think the man just wanted a family.
Though I'm not sure I would actually prefer Robespierre as a "bright green blood sucking vampire," if only because I've pretty much seen that portrayal.
I just think if somebody demonises something, to some extent it's struck a nerve, hit home and scared them a bit. If you are drawing fangs on a picture of Robespierre he's got you on the defensive. It's not ideal, but it's still fairly empowering to be annoying people that badly two hundred two hundred and fifteen years after your death.
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Well done, citoyeness. Perhaps we could strike some kind of comemmerative medal? I survived Place of Greater Saftey and all I have to show for it is a bundle of anger issues.
Mantel really does seem to have it in for her female characters. They're all awful, unlikeable, manipulative people.
Oh yes, yes, yes. What I don't get is why people like the female characters in this. They're almost all stock anti-feminist cliches from the desperate bored housewife through to the scheming minx who cries rape.
To me it's always made a great deal of sense: why shouldn't a lonely man with not much family of his own want to "adopt" his landlord's family, especially if he plans on marrying their daughter?
Word. What's odd about it? What? Aside from the fact moving in with people who will feed you at least twice a day probably makes good survivalist sense if you are a somewhat preoccupied revolutionary, I don't think it's too much cod psychology to say, I think the man just wanted a family.
Though I'm not sure I would actually prefer Robespierre as a "bright green blood sucking vampire," if only because I've pretty much seen that portrayal.
I just think if somebody demonises something, to some extent it's struck a nerve, hit home and scared them a bit. If you are drawing fangs on a picture of Robespierre he's got you on the defensive. It's not ideal, but it's still fairly empowering to be annoying people that badly two hundred two hundred and fifteen years after your death.