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<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> Gah.
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> Okay. So you have a novel where all your characters have huge contradictions in their personalities. You've got this guy who kidnaps a girl and imprisons her until she eventually dies, but he's this totally self-controlled gentleman who never once considers doing anything to this girl aside from watching her and desiring her companionship.
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> Said girl is like this practically blind follower of a painter dude who himself is majorly contradictory in that his whole philosophy is that life is a bit of a joke; no point in taking that seriously, but you should always take art seriously.
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> That causes a contradiction in the girl's personality, because as much as she desires to follow the painter's ideals, she never really is able to until she's imprisoned, and really just before she dies.
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> So
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> WHAT DOES THAT SAY
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA.
[22:58:06] <RingtailedFox> the writer was on crack?
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> Possibly.
[22:58:14] <RingtailedFox> or was a troll?
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> But I doubt I'll be getting any kind of decent grade if I argue that John Fowles is a crack-addled troll.
[22:58:40] <RingtailedFox> lmao
[22:58:48] <RingtailedFox> i said that about shakespeare and got a B+ in english :P
<Zaxx> Do it anyway.
<Cobalt[Elsewhere]> I mean, I was originally leaning toward an analysis of those contradictions and pointing out their similarities to a lot of traits you'll find in everyday people, and it's the presense of those contradictions that make the characters more dynamic and humanComment: Englolish, for Dummies
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