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In Chapter 10 of Pride and Prejudice, when out walking with Darcy, holding his arm, Caroline Bingley  rudely abuses Elizabeth and her connections. Mrs Hurst, arriving with Elizabeth, takes Darcy’s free arm, therby effectively and rudely separating Elizabeth from the “In-Crowd’ as the path “will not admit a fourth”:

At that moment they were met from another walk by Mrs. Hurst and Elizabeth herself.

“I did not know that you intended to walk,” said Miss Bingley, in some confusion, lest they had been overheard.

“You used us abominably ill,” answered Mrs. Hurst, “running away without telling us that you were coming out.”

Then, taking the disengaged arm of Mr. Darcy, she left Elizabeth to walk by herself. The path just admitted three. Mr. Darcy felt their rudeness and immediately said, —

“This walk is not wide enough for our party. We had better go into the avenue.”

But Elizabeth, who had not the least inclination to remain with them, laughingly answered, —

“No, no; stay where you are. You are charmingly grouped, and appear to uncommon advantage. The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth. Good-bye.”

She then ran gaily off, rejoicing, as she rambled about, in the hope of being at home again in a day or two. Jane was already so much recovered as to intend leaving her room for a couple of hours that evening.

Here we have Jane Austen her allowing her heroine an opportunity for getting her revenge on the Bingley sisters for their continued rudeness to her. Elizabeth is quite clearly referring to a passage from Gilpin’s Observations on Cumberland and  Westmorland. In Volume II Section XXXI  he waxes lyrical on the picturesque qualities of the  domesticated animals normally to be found in the  English countryside; that is, horses, sheep and cows. This is what he has to say about the grouping of cows:

Cattle are so large that when they ornament a foreground, a few are sufficient. Two cows will hardly combine Three make a good group- either united- or when one is a little removed from the other two. If you increase the group beyond three; one of more in proportion must necessarily be a little detached. This detachment prevents heaviness and adds variety…

As you can see from his illustration of this group of cows, three is the magic number as far as he was concerned. A fourth has to be some distance off otherwise it spoils the picturesque.

By allowing Elizabeth to make this one little, seemingly innocent  remark (and escape from Darcy and the Bingley sisters in the process) Jane Austen  demonstrates that despite the efforts of Mrs Bennet to hinder her education, Elizabeth has, by the  advantage of her extensive reading, more awareness of the principles of the picturesque than of the expensively educated ladies before her. As a man of taste and education Darcy is most probably aware of the source for her reference and cannot but be impressed by it. He also knew that she was referring to them as a group of three….cows.

Game set and match to Elizabeth Bennet walking swiftly in the opposite direction…

– “Enamoured of the Picturesque at a Very Early Age”: William Gilpin and Jane Austen

NOW BITCH…

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That time of year… 📻 (Yes, I was slightly inspired by the scary movie I watched late last night)

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i hate “accurate” shakespeare productions where all the actors are white guys. the reason women didn’t act in his plays was because it was illegal in that time obv due to misogyny, and we don’t want that to carry over. there were characters of colour that shakespeare specifically wrote. for example, othello was a part for a black actor and yet there r MODERN productions of othello where othello’s actor is a white dude in blackface.

shakespeare would be thrilled if he knew that modern productions of his works featured diverse casts, complete with not only female actors, lgbt actors, and actors of colour, but interpretations that have been tweaked to showcase modern issues that black communities, gay people, women, etc. face.

if you want to do something, do it. a midsummer production where they’re all lesbians? a romeo and juliet production depicting racial tensions? a twelfth night production where viola is and is played by a trans women? shakespeare’s ghost will give u a thumbs up. (plus his works are out of copyright so u can do whatever the hell you want with them whether he’d want you to or not.)

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I could watch this all day.

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Sorry it's been awhile. I'm struggling.

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I accidentally found this Umbridge and Miss Trunchbull photo shoot, and it’s terrifying

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Life During Interesting Times

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appreciation post of hayley atwell because YALL SLEEP ON THIS GORGEOUS DORK

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sure he’s well versed in leftist theory but does he do the dishes

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unlike Snape . . .

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Prides exist because we survived in the face of extreme struggle. Gay pride. Black pride.

Pride in those identities comes from surviving and thriving when people tried to kill you, make you illegal and diminish your spirit.

Or allowing you to be fired, paid less, fight for legal equality and afforded lesser media representation.

That’s why white pride and straight pride don’t exist, you are proud in opposition to us. Our security and happiness makes you feel threatened enough that you need to retaliate.

Your pride doesn’t come from a place of joy at overcoming adversity, it comes from hate and aggression and it’s always antagonistic. You never ask about it unless you are talking about opposing us. Existing fiercely and loudly because you feel insecure.

Your pride is ego, ours is comfort. They will never be comparable.

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wax on wax off

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Because of its not concerning the white demographic of The USA then you probably wont see it on the news

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OH! AND

When he knows Summer wants to be friends but construes her friendliness at Millie's wedding as an invitation to try again at a relationship that had already failed once

500 Days of Summer

Tom is a dick to Summer. He decides what he wants and takes it, rather than respecting Summer’s boundaries. Rather than acknowledging that they are fundamentally incompatible, he pushes Summer to conform to his expectations of a relationship.

I love this movie but fuck Tom.

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500 Days of Summer

Tom is a dick to Summer. He decides what he wants and takes it, rather than respecting Summer's boundaries. Rather than acknowledging that they are fundamentally incompatible, he pushes Summer to conform to his expectations of a relationship.

I love this movie but fuck Tom.

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I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING

be nice to my good girl :’’’’)

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