tell me who you would like to be, and why.
2007-11-23 11:45:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker, from 'Dracula'.
I find her a fascinating character. On the one hand, she's the ideal Victorian woman--gentle and feminine--but at the same time, she's paving the way for the modern woman by being independent, intelligent, and responsible. She works, and also becomes an integral part of the team that hunts Dracula.
She's a dual character in another sense as well--a virginal, upstanding member of society who is bitten by a vampire, nearly succumbing to his dark, seductive power.
2007-11-23 13:31:58 · answer #1 · answered by briteyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allan Quartermain
Victorian Archetypal Heroes and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
ALLAN QUATERMAIN
"The first archetype is embodied in Allan Quatermain, who first appeared in H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines in 1885 and went on to star in several sequels and prequels. The book has never been out of print, and was immediately popular, selling over 50,000 copies--a quite respectable number, for the time–in America and England in two years. King Solomon’s Mines and its sequel, Allan Quatermain, were enormously influential, spawning hundreds of imitations."
Hey, this guy was the ORIGINAL Indiana Jones, and what red-blooded boy (at heart - I may be almost 65, but I still crave adventure) wouldn't want to be a character like that.
2007-11-23 11:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sarah Woodruff. The French Lieutenant's Woman.
Because of John Fowles and Meryl Streep.
2007-11-23 12:28:59 · answer #3 · answered by cruellinne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr Watson, so I could watch and document the great Sherlock Holmes at work.
2007-11-23 14:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by tiptruck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicholas Nickleby-although he suffered in his early life, he was true to himself and those around him and this made him into an admirably character who fortune eventually smiled upon
2007-11-23 22:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by James S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elizabeth Bennett and be chased by Mr Darcy - yummy
2007-11-23 21:59:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sherlock holmes....
For obvious reasons. His intelligence, respect.
I love Holmes.
TW K
2007-11-23 16:15:04 · answer #7 · answered by TW K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Lingstone.
because ever since I was a little kid I've loved to explore and get lost.
2007-11-23 11:52:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
elizabeth bennet because she's risk-taking and she knows what she says to rich people even she's just a daughter o a priest.
2007-11-23 15:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by Heiress Rhodes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋