And word, totally, about the sensuality, or rather the sexual awakening of the piece. I really loved the scene with the statues because I read into it not just the physicality of Darcy that was hidden from most eyes, but also Elizabeth's nascent awareness of "high culture" (symbolic of the best of human accomplishment? or in any case the least practical) which her father had half-intentionally kept her away from all her life -- the awareness of how she hasn't been "properly educated". I mean, that's the flip side of the coin. One side is Darcy's arrogance and perceived snobbery for the lower classes, the other is Elizabeth's very parochial view of the world, which is expanded by that trip (although that scene on the cliff was a bit heavy handed). Because she really is that young, and she hasn't seen much of the world, intelligent and curious though she is.
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Date: 2006-01-22 12:30 pm (UTC)And word, totally, about the sensuality, or rather the sexual awakening of the piece. I really loved the scene with the statues because I read into it not just the physicality of Darcy that was hidden from most eyes, but also Elizabeth's nascent awareness of "high culture" (symbolic of the best of human accomplishment? or in any case the least practical) which her father had half-intentionally kept her away from all her life -- the awareness of how she hasn't been "properly educated". I mean, that's the flip side of the coin. One side is Darcy's arrogance and perceived snobbery for the lower classes, the other is Elizabeth's very parochial view of the world, which is expanded by that trip (although that scene on the cliff was a bit heavy handed). Because she really is that young, and she hasn't seen much of the world, intelligent and curious though she is.