Dear readers:
I am Mrs. Bennet who has been married to my husband more than ten years. I do depend on my husband; though sometimes he hardly endures the way I speaking, I think he always gives me some good opinions just like my all-cure drugs. We have five daughters, and all of them are pretty and virtuous that everyone admires them. I’m a typically traditional and conservative woman who always wants to take good care of my dearest family and find good husbands for my five daughters. So I devote myself to search good husbands for them. I think I am a responsible mother and wise wife who always know how to deal with every details of my home, and make it go smoothly and orderly. Unexpectedly, I see an announcement about Ms. Austen’s new novel “Pride and Prejudice”, and the descriptions about me in the story are not so suitable that I think they almost defame me severely. It’s totally against my personality and it’s also a kind of humiliation for me.
I contribute to my family with all my heart, and I am self-confessed that I do everything for my own family good. I am not satisfied with what Ms. Austen mentions in this novel. One of them is that Mr. Collins tries to express himself to my Jane. Since Jane may have the chance to be engaged to Mr. Bingley, I recommend Elizabeth for him. I think do anything right because Mr. Collins is a good person who owns a house, but I really don’t know why Elizabeth and Mr. Bennet unite to resist my opinions. I think it’s a good idea that Elizabeth is married to Mr. Collins and Jane is married to Mr. Bingley because we don’t have to concern that we will have no place to live if Mr. Bennet passes away accidently one day in the future, and both of them can live a wonderful married life. I do worry about my own family, don’t I? How could Ms. Austen describe me like a snobbish mother who just concerns about myself and only find rich men for my daughters instead of caring that whether they are willing to marry them or not. After all, I just plan a ideal blueprint for my family.
The other thing that I’m dissatisfied with is that Ms. Austen cites the words that Elizabeth depicts about our marriage. Elizabeth mentions that she thinks our marriage is unsuitable for each other, and what her father does is just to take responsibility looking after our daughters. Because he has to obey his obligations to be a good father, that’s also why we are still together now. I don’t agree with her point of views and I think that Ms. Austen should ask for my permission first before she publishes this story.
I spend my life to maintain this family. I can say that I haven’t done anything bad to my family, and what I do to my family is all for their good sake. I do concern lots of things, such as the house, our lovely daughters, and so on. I have to make a plan about what to do if our house is taken by Mr. Collins in the future. And I also try to find the great husbands for my excellent daughters, so they can live their happy lives afterward. Obviously, you can see that I do take all my responsibility to be a good mother, and I don’t know why I would be described as a snobbish mother. I do think I have already done my best for being a competent mother.
by Esme 2012.1.5
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