“Georgina, a more vain and absurd animal than you, was certainly never allowed to cumber the earth. You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life…” (239)
Never in my life have I heard siblings fight verbally like this so I thought it would be a great topic to talk about. Georgina was going to marry Edwin, a very wealthy man, for his money. Eliza knew about this and told Edwin. Edwin got mad and dumped Georgina. The sisters started arguing about this and started insulting each other. In this argument I happen to be in Georgina’s side because you don’t expect your sister to backstab you. She was going to be with a wealthy man and if that’s what she wanted to do than Eliza should respect that decision, even if Georgina doesn’t really love Edwin.
This is a link that will take you to a picture of how a sister might look like in this fight.
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ReplyDeleteThere is some truth to this. You also have to look at both sides of the story. Eliza is a religious person. She could have thought that this was wrong and couldn't stand to see Georgina marry for the wrong reasons. Georgina also has a reason to be angry. The least Eliza could have done is to tell Georgiana that she was worried about her and that she couldn't stand how wicked she was being by marrying Edwin for his money.
ReplyDeleteTake a closer look here? Is there some truth in what Eliza is saying? If there is, does that justify her actions?
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think Bronte includes this scene in the novel? Consider how this affects Jane, who has no siblings?
What does this make you think about how families work? Why is this family so dysfunctional? What does Jane learn from them? What do you?