Pride

Will Pride blind us
to false pretenses
just as the unseeing eye does
lower our hidden defenses?

I have been, yes, i won't deny it, obsessed with the movie pride and prejudice for the last few days, and it's such a great show!!!! There's nothing for it, i think it's better than even Phantom, hahaz. Probably because Austen's satirical style so appeals to my critical side. I so adore clever people, or at least, insightful ones. It's really a great joy when you speak with hidden volumes and people actually understand, hahas. I guess your minds must work on the same frequency to do that, and the fact that i can finally comprehend Austen's style and meaning- the chemistry is simply amazing! hahaz...

Ok, just took a look at the last paragraph of gushings and it seems like i'm crazy, so stop, haz. Yep, the intricate examination of the social system of her times is what separates Austen from the boring authors of her time, heh, though i can't really credit that remark, since i haven't done an extensive study of the literature then. But, i can say with perfect resolution that Austen is and will always hold a special place in my heart, as one of my FAVOURITE authors. Although I admire her greatly, i think, and quote from Lizzie, that such an accomplished lady would be 'fearsome to behold!' One might be accutely synthesized and disregarded even before one opens her mouth to start a conversation, which is by no means intelligeble unless liberally showered with extensive vocab... do you not agree?

Just another look at what i found on the webbie:

Moggach reflects: "I've emphasized it as being Lizzie's story. Unlike in the novel, she keeps her secrets to herself and they are a great burden to her. There are things she can't confide to her parents, her best friend Charlotte, or even her beloved sister Jane. Lizzie suffers alone. She sees her father neglecting her sisters- he ignores Lydia's follies, which facilitates her elopement- and she views her parnet's marriage as a tragicomedy. Lizzie sees Charlotte, for the sake of security, marry the odious Mr Collins, and sees her beloved sister sink into lovesick misery. She also wonders if her own chance of happiness is disappearing. As she keeps all this to herself, we feel for her more and more. The truest comedy, I believe, is born from pain."

Joe Wright concludes," I think that what Jane Austen wrote was a fairy tale on some levels. I believe that all the best fairy tales are based in social realism, have inherent emotional truths that remain relevant through the generations, and are worth telling over and over again. Today, people are still falling in love, people are still prejudiced against others, and people are still too proud on occasion. We like to be told that love exists, and this story is a joyful and satisfying affirmation of that. Pride and Prejudice is a love story about how to try to understand one another.

Yep, P and P rox!