Literary Bex
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Currently Reading: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
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Blasphemy! Mistah Bates is a Beatrix Potter character come to life.
Read the linked article first.
Ok, so Mr. Bates does sort of naively and ridiculously not tell Anna anything about Vera’s threats, but is this really surprising or unacceptable? Bates embodies the typical English Gentleman (even though he’s a lowly valet) and the English Gentleman’s sense of duty and honor would require him to keep Anna out of this affair and deal with it on his own. By keeping her out of it and taking off with Vera he is doing the noble thing. It’s silly and foolish that he doesn’t tell Anna anything, but it makes sense given who Bates is as a person.
And Bates isn’t dumb. He knows Anna is smart and was going to figure out he was in the pub the next town over eventually. And Anna is smart enough not to force the issue too hard. He is going to continue to treat her like a Lady, even though she insists that she isn’t one and therefore he shouldn’t, but it is Bate’s honor and respect that makes him act so. It’s noble, and nobility is a little foolish, but there it is.
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Read the linked article first. Ok, so Mr. Bates does sort of naively and ridiculously not tell Anna anything about...
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Mr. Bates is a buddy.
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HE ISNT A JERK HES JUST A MAN CAUGHT IN A BAD ROMANCE!!!
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If you think Bates is a jerk, you’re watching the show wrong.
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I’m watching every Sunday like a punk. This show needs to be on at all times
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this person obviously did not watch the latest episode when Anna ask to be his mistress and he says no. why? cos he...
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What! Watching Downton Abbey this week has been a crashcourse in Being a Man taught by Bates. He’s my only constant in...
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The post at the link above is depressing. The writer assumes that Bates (from Downtown Abbey) is shady for not wanting...
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Yessss all aboard the “I do not understand his appeal one bit” train
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