JC H2 Lit Group (with K's bitches,) Mansfield Park paper: Henry and Fanny r/s

BP#2- comfort/familiarity (wrote OI alr)

1. “It was a real indulgence to her, to hear or to speak of Mansfield”                                     a) adjective “real” associated with senses                                                       b) presents thoughts and memories of Mansfield as almost tangible c) reflects Fanny’s shifting attitude towards Mansfield Park, and by association, Henry. 
2. “The pleasure of talking of mansfield was so very great!”                                                              a) Free Indirect discourse with exclamation                       b) reinforces Fanny’s awareness of the privilege she attained through her stay at Mansfield                                                                                                 c) her contentment in confiding in both Henry and, through him, memories of Mansfield Park are a manifestation of the relief she finds in Mansfield Park’s tranquility, reinforced through Henry’s “more gentle, obliging and attentive” behaviour.
3. Some shit about how she finds comfort in Mansfield’s tranquility/her room idk i cant find quotes             “little white attic”  /“ she soon learnt to think with respect of her own little attic at Mansfield Park, in that house reckoned too small for anybody’s comfort” /“often retreating into her own chamber to cry”                                                                                                                               a)
4. “ quite the voice of a friend… fond exclamations in praise of its beauties and comforts”   a)                                                         b) associates Henry with ideas of familiarity. Emphasis on his voice highlights the contrast between the serenity of Mansfield Park and the loud disarray of Portsmouth                                                                                c) Henry serves as a connection from Fanny to what she views as Civility and proper decorum. 

BP#3- Because Fanny’s comfort is so centered around Mansfield Park and what it represents, her unhappiness in Portsmouth is emphasized by the change in her attitude towards Henry. This reinforces the insularity of Mansfield Park in relation to the rest of the world, and gives Fanny more cause to view Henry in a positive light???

5. “Warmest eulogium”                                                                                                                                                                 a) contrasting adjective paired with the simile of a eulogy b) suggests Fanny’s feelings to be nostalgic of the faraway Mansfield Park                                       c) reinforces the distance Fanny feels is between herself and Mansfield Park, simultaneously and highlights the unpleasantness she experiences such that she would take more comfort in a memory of the dead???
6. “Fanny’s eyes were turned on Crawford...with an expression more than grave, even reproachful ”(Pg 226)                                                                                                              a) progression of adverbs from “grave” to “reproachful”                                                                                                                                                 b) suggests Fanny’s initial disapproval of Henry and his mannerisms c) in contrasting this with her current view of him in Portsmouth, the influence of propriety, coupled with familiarity, can be seen to have a large impact. 
7. “The living in incessant noise was to a frame and temper, delicate and nervous like Fanny’s, an evil which no super-added elegance or harmony, could have entirely atoned for” (Pg 363)                                                                                                                                     a) use of adjective “evil”, absolute “no” and superlative “entirely atoned”

            b) suggests the extremely adverse impact a lack of orderliness can have on Fanny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         c) reflects the gravity with which Fanny regards Mansfield Park and its importance in her life                                                                                                                                                               

8. “We seem to want some of your nice ways and orderliness at my father’s. The house is always in confusion” (Pg 344) , “Fanny was all agitation and flutter” (Pg 350)                                                                                                                      a) direct juxtaposition between Fanny’s order and the household’s chaos b) highlights the differences in acceptable propriety between the 2 households. c) reflects the toll that Portsmouth has taken on Fanny mentally.

BP#4- The disparity between her chaotic environment and the rigid society leaves Fanny in a vulnerable state, allowing Henry’s displays of propriety to change her perspective on him which she feels more affection for him.

9. “See all their deficiencies would have been dreadful!” “Rebecca’s cookery...as she chose”                                                                                                                                                                a) FID coupled with absolute “all” b) reflects Fanny’s disapproval at the totality of disarray in the Price household c) suggests Fanny’s vulnerability which Henry capitalises on
10. “Continued to think Mr Crawford very plain, in spite of her two cousins having repeatedly proved the contrary” (Pg 46) [support quote]                                                                                                                  
11. “She was nice only from natural delicacy, but he had been brought up in a school of luxury and epicurism”                                                                                                                             a) contrast between 2 reasons for the maintenance of propriety                             b) highlight the disparity between Henry and Fanny’s ideals and values c) “he was decidedly improved” shows that Fanny is able to recognise Henry’s improvement and respond to it with greater favour. 
12. “The elegance, propriety, regularity, harmony - and perhaps, above all, the peace and tranquility of Mansfield, were brought to her remembrance every hour of the day,” [pg 363] [support quote]                                                                                                     

Concl: 

Ultimately, affection is attained through having similar beliefs and ideas. However, as such common interests are judged based on outward appearances of propriety, this therefore foreshadows the eventual lack of success in the relationship between Henry and Fanny.