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mirrorspirit t1_j7eu6xo wrote
Reply to Pride and Prejudice to me is the epitome of romance novels but I recently found something about Elizabeth that I disliked by nyanyaneko2
It sounds more like she's dissing that he's rich. Basically, that other girls have to be nice to him because he has to power to ruin their reputation and their chance at getting a decent marriage -- something their livelihoods often depend on. If he wasn't rich, those girls would treat him as a rude and arrogant man (which isn't exactly untrue at that point in the story) and dismiss him.
That is also how his relative Lady Catherine behaves -- she has the power to ruin someone's livelihood if they displease her.
And also accusing him of having a "poor rich man" complex, and I guess she suspects him of pursuing her simply for sport. It was quite common for wealthy men to have mistresses before they got married.
So it is kind of a "not like other girls" but that's because a lot of other girls don't have the luxury of telling it like it is, so she's more saying, "I am just saying what other girls would say if their situations weren't dependent on finding a rich husband."
mirrorspirit t1_j625fnt wrote
Sometimes it works the other way. The main character is the main character because they survived the killer.
Other times it's because the killer is too attached to the main character and gives a reason like they want the MC to suffer more or they need the MC to understand why they've been targeted. In some romantic suspense, the killer doesn't plan to kill the MC, just everyone around (usually) her so she has no one else, and they can have her to themselves. Then when she doesn't cooperate, then she has to die.
Sometimes it gets kind of convoluted. And sometimes, especially in true crime cases, it can be scary how the killer formed this fantasy in their head that revolves around them getting everything they want.
mirrorspirit t1_j2c24ij wrote
Reply to comment by mikelogan1975 in Just found out that The Sixth Sense and The Others resemble a lot by mojito_sangria
>!Campfire Tales (1997) The Gift (2000) The Boogeyman (2005) Dream House (2011)!<
mirrorspirit t1_j21i5e3 wrote
Reply to comment by bigharrydong in Ask Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology by AutoModerator
They've had pretty easy contact with other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In later eras, they developed along with Ancient Greeks and Romans, so there were plenty interaction between the cultures.
The Ptolemy line, from which Cleopatra VII (the famous Cleopatra) descended, had partial Greek ancestry.
mirrorspirit t1_j1ooez2 wrote
Reply to comment by ablackcloudupahead in I just read Stephen King's "Carrie". I have a Doubt by Varun_shiroyasha
Really good. Carrie's rampage was a lot wider than the school. The Chloe Moretz movie was supposed to show that too, but they limited it one road and a gas station.
The book tells about the rampage unfolding much like you would read about a disaster happening.
Although SK almost threw it out because he didn't think he could relate to telling the story through a teenage girl's eyes, but his wife persuaded him to keep going with it.
mirrorspirit t1_j1onywq wrote
Reply to comment by UnexpectedEdges in I just read Stephen King's "Carrie". I have a Doubt by Varun_shiroyasha
That was the movie, or rather the sequel of the movie to explain how Carrie ended up having a half sister.
Book isn't connected to that. At the end they show evidence of another telekinetic girl, but there's no stated familial link between her and Carrie.
mirrorspirit t1_iycaen5 wrote
At the time, American people were going off to fight an unpopular and interminable war in Iraq. It seems like that gave readers a sense of wanting to stay home to a stable life like they had pre 9/11, rather than get blown up halfway across the world for poorly explained reasons by the people electing to commit their nations to this war.
To me there seemed to be less emphasis on the gender roles and more on the raw separation: husbands from wives, wives from husbands, parents from children, etc. Troops had no idea how long they would be gone for, whether or not their stay would be extended, or if they would be able to come home at all.
mirrorspirit t1_j7eubfd wrote
Reply to comment by lovebeinganasshole in Pride and Prejudice to me is the epitome of romance novels but I recently found something about Elizabeth that I disliked by nyanyaneko2
She meant more how well he manages the property and how his servants think well of him. That's also when she first sees him with Georgiana, when his defensive guard is down.