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    If you are disatified with your present situation...

    If you are disatified with your present situation you have 3 alternatives:
    1)do nothing, sit and quetch.
    2)Buy a dvd player that does not have regional code blocking. There are several available,...
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    Ok, it's nonsense. So do you believe everything...

    Ok, it's nonsense. So do you believe everything that you read?:sick:
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    Who me? Alfred Neuman more likely as I only read...

    Who me? Alfred Neuman more likely as I only read instructions
    I think that the 8 out of 10 was a reference to success in unlocking the dvd since most are done by manipulation of the remote (note you...
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    Region free dvd player

    Cactus, you can unlock most dvd players.Google unlock dvd player
    Exp. http://www.dvdcodes.net/
    if you are not technical savy get someone to help and you'll be able to watch without region...
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    That is the very point.

    That is the very point.
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    Let's cool it

    First let's remember that Jane Eyre is fiction.
    A good starting point is the dictionary definition :a: something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically: an invented story b: fictitious...
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    Aha, a reply!

    Your observation, interpretation, has merit, but when taken in the context of the original tread - Jane Eyre and her independence from men – I doubt that was what the ' Fallen Dreamer', was aiming...
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    Wake Up!

    “She has no one else to rely upon so she rely's on herself and joins the working world.” ??? Have you read the book?

    It's St. John Rivers that finds, creates, the job of a school mistress at...
  9. Views on 2007 Persuasion

    A more wide sampling of opinion can be had at PBS Discussions Forum Index -> Masterpiece: The Complete Jane Austen http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?topic_view=threads&p=628737&t=93372

    the...
  10. Not Persuaded

    I saw a pre-concert talk of a conductor with a world renowned pianist. He pointed to the score and asked her: How do you see this passage relating to the following? What is the tempo that you will...
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    Argued, yes but researched, no. If by research...

    Argued, yes but researched, no. If by research you mean that the theme of Bertha, as you put it, is contained and can be extracted from Charlotte's novel. I would suggest that intellectual and moral...
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    Adaptations

    Jane Austen's observation, "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.", applies equally well to film adaptations of novels. We poses...
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    Sleeping. I think that you are doing the...

    Sleeping.
    I think that you are doing the governess role quite well. The recommendations of how to write an essay was marvelous. You have one eager pupil.
    Hope the farm girls will benefit from your...
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    Congratulations! Now if only you would come...

    Congratulations!
    Now if only you would come around to the meaning of Matthew Macfadyen's hand after Darcy has handed Elizabeth into the carriage, my joy would be complete! (just kidding) as I have...
  15. Thread: Sequels

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    I Wrote One of Those Sequels

    I have trouble understanding why someone would write wishing to compare herself with another author, and especially Austen since it would inevitably demonstrate her short comings in style,...
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    A second opinion on Mansfield Park, part 2

    If we detect a thematic shift in Mansfield Park, that there appears an autumnal sense of loss in the last three novels, that the social dance of marriage is no longer the overarching theme then how...
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    A second opinion on Mansfield Park

    Sarie writes “I think this novel possibly deserves the most attention of all of Austen's books.” Many academic critics would agree (1), but the more common response is, ”but Mansfield Park got on my...
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    Recomendation

    If you are new to Austen, start with Pride & Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. Mansfield Park is too idiosyncratic and I would not recommend it as a first read. Leave it to when you have a good...
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    A Suggestion

    In my opinion Jane Eyre is the alpha and omega of Charlotte Bronte's writing. It is a love story, but not of the girl/boy type but the search for love in it's many guises, societal themes are minor....
  20. Thread: The heroine

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    Role Models

    I saw your video. A very nice job, juxtaposing images and song, skillful and poetic.
    I am quite aware of how much there is of Charlotte in Jane and the skill and poetry in the composition of Jane...
  21. Thread: Help

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    Idiomatic Usage

    You have a very difficult assignment.
    To search for idioms – an expression whose meaning can't be inferred from the words that make it up - , especially for a non native speaker, is doubly...
  22. Thread: Help please

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    More help please

    This is idiotic, people!
    The questions that danib1204 is posing are an assignment given by her teacher to make her think. To learn how to analyze literature.
    By complying with her questions, you...
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    Discussion

    You might try http://www.pemberley.com/index.html as they have more activity on Mansfield Park.
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    Refreshing

    Bravo Sarie! Your insights, Men and Austen, An Opinion on Mansfield Park, are very welcome. I enjoyed them and hope that you shall keep it up as there is a scarcity of intelligent opinion posted....
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    Reference

    You are very welcome Cactus.
    I'm glad that you found it interesting.
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