Re: Rootless Existances and Troubles with Dot: was Re: Are the D's the real heroes?


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Posted by John Lambert on October 14, 2003 at 08:05:41 from 24.84.34.215 user John.

In Reply to: Rootless Existances and Troubles with Dot: was Re: Are the D's the real heroes? posted by Alex Forbes on October 14, 2003 at 00:48:30:

There is a passage at the end of Chapter II in P&M that bridges the D's "rootless cospolitanism" and Dorothea's innocence, for want of a better word and that sentence is:
'A smell of new-mown hay drifted from the meadows on the further side of the river. "There isn't a lovelier place in all the world,." thought Dorothea.' Innocence in a character implies that she will soon lose it. Dorothea never does, but continues to view the world in wide-eyed wonder, finding romance and beauty with every glance. She is a gentle soul, trusting and imaginative, but not burdened with Titty's dark imagination. For some reason I find her infinitely touching; perhaps it is her trusting nature. She is more of an observer than a doer. To a great extent, she lives vicariously through Dick, but her character is none the less developed because of that. Like many writers, AR seemed to find girls much easier to write about than boys. I don't know if this is a common trait in male writers, but as a writer myself, I certainly find it far easier to enter into a female character's thoughts. I have no idea why this should be so, but it is. At least, I can write with more confidence about a girl's feelings and thoughts. I would like to know if Prue Eckett finds the same thing, or if she finds it easier to write about boys and their feelings.


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