Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Fanny Price

Jane Austen seems to have considered Mansfield Park her best work, but many readers don't take kindly to Fanny Price as the heroine. Why might that be so? Do you feel that way about her, or do you find her an attractive and sympathetic character? Explain.

1 comments:

The Kings said...

When we consider heroines we think of ladies who do fantastic deeds and Fanny didn't do anything extraordinary that one could see but her quiet dedication to right and morality and kindness even under duress and teasing and the hopefull encouragements of others to do something she didn't want to do and to still stand steadfast in her principals was heroic.
Bookworm