~thornfield
Mon, Mar 20, 2006 (05:53)
seed
Can real-life men live up to our fictional heroes like
Mr. Rochester, Heathcliff or Mr. Darcy? Do they
have to?
I catch myself comparing men to fictional characters,
there are the sensitive like Col. Brandon (Austen�s
Sense and Sensibility), the passionate like Mr. Rochester,
the fierce like Heathcliff, the gentle like Vincent (from
The Beauty and the Beast) and the downright ridiculous
like Mr. Collins (Austen`s Pride and Prejudice)
What makes these fictional characters so unique in
your eyes? And have you ever found traces of them
in existing people?
bye:-),
Miss Eyre.
~etorb
Fri, Mar 24, 2006 (22:09)
#1
Of course Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. But there's a whole conference on Spring about that.
see
http://www.spring.net/karenr/articles/independent060900.html
~thornfield
Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (06:45)
#2
Yeah, Colin Firth was born to play Darcy! :-))))
It�s strange but I always get to know great
literature by watching the movies first... zapped
through the channels one night until I came
across a very amusing scene: Lizzy just refused
Mr. Collins` offer of marriage and her mother
lamented about dying home- and pennyless!LOL!
I watched it to the end... and read the book
afterwards :-)... bought the soundtrack and the
making-of book, ordered a poster from the local
copy shop (where they are able to print large
posters from photographs) and created a webpage
about my favourite scenes (which I deleted years
ago). At the time, I thought no other character
came close to Mr.Darcy in wit, intelligence and
charm.... until I met Rochester in the shape of
William Hurt :-))).....
They�re both charming in their own ways :-)
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
~etorb
Mon, Mar 27, 2006 (19:53)
#3
Is there a fan fiction site for the Bronte sisters?
~thornfield
Sun, Apr 2, 2006 (05:23)
#4
No! interesting idea :-)
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
~terry
Sun, Apr 2, 2006 (11:25)
#5
I'm surprised one doesn't exist.
~thornfield
Sat, Apr 8, 2006 (01:55)
#6
Well, there are some spin-off books of Jane
Eyre, telling Adele`s story, for example.
And there�s, of course, Rhys� book "Wide
Sargasso Sea" (a prequel to Jane Eyre). Her
book is a sacrilege in my eyes.
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
~terry
Sat, Apr 8, 2006 (22:12)
#7
What was so bad about it?
~thornfield
Sun, Apr 23, 2006 (10:06)
#8
sorry for writing so late...
Well, she tells Bertha�s story, her decline
into madness. In Jane Eyre, we don�t get
to know about her life story, so, from that
point of view, the book could have been
valuable. But she basically blames
Rochester **my dear Edward** for her
state of mind, which is impertinent of
her - and intolerable! :-)
bye:-),
Miss Eyre.
~terry
Sun, Apr 23, 2006 (19:09)
#9
What are your top 5 fictional characters?
~thornfield
Wed, Apr 26, 2006 (18:39)
#10
Well, here�s my general list:
1) Jane Eyre
my role model ;-))) ... one of the lessons I learnt from
her is the importance of forgiveness...
2) Edward Fairfax Rochester
Well, what can I say... he�s my hero :-)), a man of
great character... sincere, kind, truthful, passionate,
intelligent, witty, great sense of humor, sensitive...
3) Vincent (tv-show The Beauty and the Beast)
This TV show was my sanctuary, my weekly dose
of sanity. It�s about a community of outsiders, the
stranded of society. They live in a long forgotten
system of tunnels below the New Yorker Underground.
The series focuses on the relationship/romance
between Catherine, an attorney, and Vincent, a
member of this secret world. He is half-lion,
half-human :-).
When their paths crossed for the first time, Catherine
was nearer to death than to life. He took her with
him and nursed her, and -with the help of "Father"
(the head of the community, a doc and Vincent�s
surrogate father)- he saved her life. Vincent could
sense when she was in serious trouble (due to her
job) and saved her life more than once...
At the age of 15, I regarded Vincent to be the ideal
companion, for he is a such a loving, caring, thoughtful,
sensitive person, he�s got excellent taste in literature
and music... he reads poems to Catherine and they
attend classical music concerts together... his
profoundness fascinated me, and still does... Well,
Vincent is a Gentleman from head to toe :-).
4) Gil Grissom (tv-show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
CSI is a series about the work of forensic scientists,
located in Las Vegas. (The spin-offs to this show are
not as good as the original, CSI Miami is okay, CSI
NY is dull). Interesting cases, *realistic methodology*,
awesome special effects, one of the few detective
shows where you really need to think to get it.
Grissom is one of the team leaders. A quiet, earnest,
reserved man with a dry form of humor, very intelligent,
thoroughly analytical in his approach... watching him work
on the cases, the way he pays attention to every detail,
is a delight. He�d be an interesting conversational partner
if he wasn�t such a social recluse! His special field of
study is entomology -- brrr LOL!
5) Fitzwilliam Darcy (novel Pride and Prejudice)
my favourite Paulus! :-))).
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
~terry
Tue, May 2, 2006 (21:41)
#11
Grissom is a great character, a perfect role for him. I love his exhanges with the Marge Helgenberg character. Such a great interplay of characters.
~thornfield
Wed, May 3, 2006 (03:24)
#12
yeah, I love his dry humor! :-)) the chemistry
between Grissom and Sidle is great, too! :-)
bye:-).
Miss Eyre.
~terry
Wed, May 3, 2006 (04:25)
#13
Now, which character is sidle?
~thornfield
Wed, May 3, 2006 (08:19)
#14
the woman in the second row!
bye:-),
Miss Eyre