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itspileofgoodthings · 1 year ago

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also also it just made SENSE that Davy relied on her too much to be able to see her romantically. When he talks about how if she’d been more mindful of herself and less of him than he might have been able to see it but her perfectly maintained composure and her cheerful stability and her ability to put all of her own feelings aside to aid and counsel him—-there wasn’t any room for romance there. it’s not until the crack at the end, where her control starts breaking down and she starts crying that he suddenly realizes that she could actually need HIM and that makes him able to step in and tell her what she needs to hear.

#Dickens doesn’t understand Agnes 100% or know how to treat her perfectly fairly #she’s got some of that perfectly virtuous to the point of unreality aura about her bc of dickens portrayal #But also that plays into who she actually is!!!!#someone who will keep total control and will use gentleness and kindness and calm good sense as a bit of a defense mechanism I think #like I think that reads true to me #and so Davy’s not actually stupid for being kept at arm’s length for so long and allowing himself to be #because she didn’t 100% let him #and can’t until he pushes her to share the secret #that’s been weighing her down and it’s just that she loves him!#Like I just. Love her so much actually. Because she took her heartbreak and buried it so deep and said no one will ever know #and then Davy’s sensitivity and perception even in his stupidity is what can see past that. Can FEEL that. Can say Agnes no.#you have to tell me what’s wrong #david copperfield

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