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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
So I personally don't see it as a class issue, but as a characterisation issue.  |
Can't class consciousness be part of characterisation though? I detect it in a few of Tolkien's characters - Sam and Bilbo being two good examples.
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Originally Posted by Lush
Really? Because I see the whole "noble woman refusing to accept help" as being quite the theme in itself, not separate from, and yet still distinct in this web of woeful pride.
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For me, her stubborn pride underlined her role as a 'queenly' figure in her community.
Thinking about it, after I've spent a fair bit of time lately enjoying watching The Tudors and this reawakening an old interest in Tudor history, she reminds me a little of Katherine of Aragon who felt she had a God-given role and would not relinquish it even in banishment.