ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
[Jane Austen] Reading Pride & Prejudice for the first time and I just want to yeet Mr. Collins off a cliff
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
The clergyman in Emma is equally as dislikable.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Did Austen have something against the clergy? idk if this is a through line for her
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
but UGH he's so gross
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Proposes to Elizabeth, Elizabeth says no, he says 'oh you're just saying that because women are supposed to do when I talk to you about this again, I hope you'll say yes'
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Like, bitch?? No means No!!!
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
And I know this is just the time period and social structure for upper class folk but damn
ltmutiny
you really gotta wonder about it, considering mr elton, lol
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
"If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as may convince you of its being one."
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
No wonder why people like Lizzy so much
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
ugh he's just like 'well cause it's just words. I'm a catch, obviously!'
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
sit down and shut up you gross little toad
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
NOT ONLY THAT BUT HE SAYS NO ONE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO MARRY HER ANYWAY so obviously she can't be serious
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
This is it, this is where that abusive shit abounds. The whole 'make her feel like shit so she has to agree to be with you'
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
"Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart."
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
and then he does the opposite, obviously
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
jfc
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
god the sass in the last paragraph though
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
ltmutiny
: Yeah I really wonder
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I should Google this
ltmutiny
I mean, she does notably have at least One Good Clergymember in Edward Ferrars from Sense and Sensibility
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
She has a clergyman in every novel apparently
ltmutiny
but it's not not a pattern
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
apparently Henry Tilbey in Northanger Abbey is also good
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
so basically they run the gamut, which makes sense
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
She was apparently surrounded by clergy since her dad was one and so were a lot of family friends
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I didn't know that until I found this article lol