![]() ![]() Aside from the fact that the character they're building is pretty stereotypical, they at least could have gone about it in a more realistic manner. I understand that all this was to build her character. ![]() And don't get me started about how she tried protecting herself with a spoon against the howls (and yet she didn't care about that when she was outside her burning house). Boys and girls in a middle class family were used to helping around the house from a young age, so they aren't inexperienced with simple household chores like heating a pot or drying clothes. I hardly believe that because women in those days were meticulous and cautious, if anything else. In the next scene, when Elizabeth is settling in her house, apparently she has no experience with a stove/pot or with drying her clothes, because she messes up both and ends up burning the house. Elizabeth's reply to their hesitations are also ridiculous. At least she has some experience, and determination to walk for two days to come to this not so great job. The women called her when they couldn't pay much and had no other alternative, yet they wanted to refuse the only person who'd agree to teach in the terrible situation? Why? It seemed like they chalked it up to "she looks like she doesn't have enough experience", but that should hardly be a big enough deterrent when they have no other options. For example, Elizabeth's introduction with the wives/widows is pretty unbelievable. And perhaps discovering that good/satisfying story. Might be a good or satisfying story in there below the crushing weight of the clichés, but the unrealistic & unreasonable motives behind the characters' actions made me unable to finish even the first episode. ![]()
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