Topic 77 of 84: fictional characters vs. real-life men
Mon, Mar 20, 2006 (05:53) |
Miss Eyre (thornfield)
Can real-life men live up to our fictional heroes like
Mr. Rochester, Heathcliff or Mr. Darcy? Do they
have to?
I catch myself comparing men to fictional characters,
there are the sensitive like Col. Brandon (Austenīs
Sense and Sensibility), the passionate like Mr. Rochester,
the fierce like Heathcliff, the gentle like Vincent (from
The Beauty and the Beast) and the downright ridiculous
like Mr. Collins (Austen`s Pride and Prejudice)
What makes these fictional characters so unique in
your eyes? And have you ever found traces of them
in existing people?
bye:-),
Miss Eyre.
14 responses total.
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Response 1 of 14: Erye Etorb (etorb) * Fri, Mar 24, 2006 (22:09) * 7 lines
Of course Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. But there's a whole conference on Spring about that.
see
http://www.spring.net/karenr/articles/independent060900.html
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Response 2 of 14: Miss Eyre (thornfield) * Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (06:45) * 26 lines
Yeah, Colin Firth was born to play Darcy! :-))))
Itīs strange but I always get to know great
literature by watching the movies first... zapped
through the channels one night until I came
across a very amusing scene: Lizzy just refused
Mr. Collins` offer of marriage and her mother
lamented about dying home- and pennyless!LOL!
I watched it to the end... and read the book
afterwards :-)... bought the soundtrack and the
making-of book, ordered a poster from the local
copy shop (where they are able to print large
posters from photographs) and created a webpage
about my favourite scenes (which I deleted years
ago). At the time, I thought no other character
came close to Mr.Darcy in wit, intelligence and
charm.... until I met Rochester in the shape of
William Hurt :-))).....
Theyīre both charming in their own ways :-)
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
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Response 3 of 14: Erye Etorb (etorb) * Mon, Mar 27, 2006 (19:53) * 1 lines
Is there a fan fiction site for the Bronte sisters?
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Response 4 of 14: Miss Eyre (thornfield) * Sun, Apr 2, 2006 (05:23) * 5 lines
No! interesting idea :-)
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
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Response 5 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 2, 2006 (11:25) * 1 lines
I'm surprised one doesn't exist.
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Response 6 of 14: Miss Eyre (thornfield) * Sat, Apr 8, 2006 (01:55) * 9 lines
Well, there are some spin-off books of Jane
Eyre, telling Adele`s story, for example.
And thereīs, of course, Rhysī book "Wide
Sargasso Sea" (a prequel to Jane Eyre). Her
book is a sacrilege in my eyes.
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
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Response 7 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Apr 8, 2006 (22:12) * 1 lines
What was so bad about it?
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Response 8 of 14: Miss Eyre (thornfield) * Sun, Apr 23, 2006 (10:06) * 15 lines
sorry for writing so late...
Well, she tells Berthaīs story, her decline
into madness. In Jane Eyre, we donīt get
to know about her life story, so, from that
point of view, the book could have been
valuable. But she basically blames
Rochester **my dear Edward** for her
state of mind, which is impertinent of
her - and intolerable! :-)
bye:-),
Miss Eyre.
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Response 9 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 23, 2006 (19:09) * 1 lines
What are your top 5 fictional characters?
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Response 10 of 14: Miss Eyre (thornfield) * Wed, Apr 26, 2006 (18:39) * 64 lines
Well, hereīs my general list:
1) Jane Eyre
my role model ;-))) ... one of the lessons I learnt from
her is the importance of forgiveness...
2) Edward Fairfax Rochester
Well, what can I say... heīs my hero :-)), a man of
great character... sincere, kind, truthful, passionate,
intelligent, witty, great sense of humor, sensitive...
3) Vincent (tv-show The Beauty and the Beast)
This TV show was my sanctuary, my weekly dose
of sanity. Itīs about a community of outsiders, the
stranded of society. They live in a long forgotten
system of tunnels below the New Yorker Underground.
The series focuses on the relationship/romance
between Catherine, an attorney, and Vincent, a
member of this secret world. He is half-lion,
half-human :-).
When their paths crossed for the first time, Catherine
was nearer to death than to life. He took her with
him and nursed her, and -with the help of "Father"
(the head of the community, a doc and Vincentīs
surrogate father)- he saved her life. Vincent could
sense when she was in serious trouble (due to her
job) and saved her life more than once...
At the age of 15, I regarded Vincent to be the ideal
companion, for he is a such a loving, caring, thoughtful,
sensitive person, heīs got excellent taste in literature
and music... he reads poems to Catherine and they
attend classical music concerts together... his
profoundness fascinated me, and still does... Well,
Vincent is a Gentleman from head to toe :-).
4) Gil Grissom (tv-show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
CSI is a series about the work of forensic scientists,
located in Las Vegas. (The spin-offs to this show are
not as good as the original, CSI Miami is okay, CSI
NY is dull). Interesting cases, *realistic methodology*,
awesome special effects, one of the few detective
shows where you really need to think to get it.
Grissom is one of the team leaders. A quiet, earnest,
reserved man with a dry form of humor, very intelligent,
thoroughly analytical in his approach... watching him work
on the cases, the way he pays attention to every detail,
is a delight. Heīd be an interesting conversational partner
if he wasnīt such a social recluse! His special field of
study is entomology -- brrr LOL!
5) Fitzwilliam Darcy (novel Pride and Prejudice)
my favourite Paulus! :-))).
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
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Response 11 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, May 2, 2006 (21:41) * 1 lines
Grissom is a great character, a perfect role for him. I love his exhanges with the Marge Helgenberg character. Such a great interplay of characters.
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Response 12 of 14: Miss Eyre (thornfield) * Wed, May 3, 2006 (03:24) * 5 lines
yeah, I love his dry humor! :-)) the chemistry
between Grissom and Sidle is great, too! :-)
bye:-).
Miss Eyre.
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Response 13 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, May 3, 2006 (04:25) * 1 lines
Now, which character is sidle?
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Response 14 of 14: Miss Eyre (thornfield) * Wed, May 3, 2006 (08:19) * 6 lines
the woman in the second row!
bye:-),
Miss Eyre
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