Do you find Mary's hypochondria funny...or irritating...or what? Consider, also, the scene where Mary manipulates Anne into looking after young Charles so that she, Mary, can go dinner at the Musgrove's and meet Captain Wentworth!
I think that Mary is quite the manipulator and she uses it to get her way in every situation. It was easier to give in to her wants than to listen to her complain. Her sister-in-laws did not like her at all. She is very obnoxious.
Right!? Is not Mary's hypochondria simply her way of persuasion?? She is like a toddler having a tantrum - maybe mild in volume, but no less intense or effective!
I don't think Mary was as bad as you guys think... she was a hypochondriac and very dramatic, but I think she was somewhat endearing. She was the only actual family member of Anne's to even remotely care about Anne.. even if it was in a somewhat selfish way... Mary's hypochondria, was obviously a cry for attention.. which she didn't know any other way to get. You know? Mary certainly did some silly things, but I kind of liked her character and appreciated her caring about Anne, in the silly and mis-directed way that she did...
Amber! Did you get an extra chapter?? What words or actions does Mary ever utter or display the least bit of sincere care for Anne? Enlighten me I beg of you. Your desire to see the good in Mary is very sweet...but it is lost on me! I am not persuaded!
I think that Mary is quite the manipulator and she uses it to get her way in every situation. It was easier to give in to her wants than to listen to her complain. Her sister-in-laws did not like her at all. She is very obnoxious.
ReplyDeleteRight!? Is not Mary's hypochondria simply her way of persuasion?? She is like a toddler having a tantrum - maybe mild in volume, but no less intense or effective!
ReplyDeleteI don't think Mary was as bad as you guys think... she was a hypochondriac and very dramatic, but I think she was somewhat endearing. She was the only actual family member of Anne's to even remotely care about Anne.. even if it was in a somewhat selfish way... Mary's hypochondria, was obviously a cry for attention.. which she didn't know any other way to get. You know? Mary certainly did some silly things, but I kind of liked her character and appreciated her caring about Anne, in the silly and mis-directed way that she did...
ReplyDeleteAmber! Did you get an extra chapter?? What words or actions does Mary ever utter or display the least bit of sincere care for Anne? Enlighten me I beg of you. Your desire to see the good in Mary is very sweet...but it is lost on me! I am not persuaded!
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