Mary's Proposal
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- This is a scene from the 1999 theatrical release of 'Mansfield Park'. The movie is a loose adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen.
Some of the words and sentiments in this scene are in the novel. The setting in which all of them happen is not this one.
I annotated the video with what is in the novel.
The page numbers refer to...
Jane Austen: The Complete Novels
Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler
How delightful of her to lay her character out so neatly on display wrapped in a bow for all to see. It rarely works out so easily.
Love how you've expressed that! In the book it was a private conversation between Mary and Edmund but I do love this scene where she reveals her true colours and her gold digging heart to the entire family!
The irony is that Mary has never really bothered to hide who she is...but Edmund, as he himself acknowledges, was simply too blinded by love to see it.
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This is the best part of the movie. Love it when Edmund tells her off.
I love how Jonny says that a chill went through his heart, then proceeds to lambast her when he finally sees her for the greedy, grasping individual that she is.
Love Julia's horrified face when Mary stops talking.
That's it, Edmund, give her your whole mind so she may blow away! Sometimes, and very few times, we listen intently and carefully to others so that we understand and see their true colors. Not many are so fortunate to listen with the ears of the head; most listen with their heart and, for many, it's too late. Bravo, Edmund!! Pray I was as wise as Fanny and lucky in her choice of husband.
It's funny to watch Miss Honey playing Mary Crawford.
Yes! She still has all the outward sweetness but only barely concealing inward vice in this role!
That just speaks volumes of what her personality is like when she starts imagining Tom's death as a solution without realizing how family would take it.
What a perfect response to an evil and narcissistic proposal!
Thank you for the comparison between the novel and the movie, I really liked it (:
My favorite part! Love him telling her off!
1:10 cracks me up. His face is like: "EXCUSE YOU?!"
The first 45 seconds of her plan we good, then she lost it.
Part of me wishes this was actually in the book. This movie rendition strayed from the book quite a lot unfortunately. But this scene I did enjoy better.
I love 1:23 - Mary's hand motion makes everything perfect. I honestly like her a lot, hope she doesn't get too much hate!
All characters, especially Mary, seem older than the ones on the book.
Those sleeves are quite modern.....
Now the sickly Tom is unlikely to inherit Mansfield and Edmund is the likely custodian of Mansfield Park estate, Mary puts forward her Heads l win, Tails you lose plans. Got to admire her for trying.
"A CHILL" Well ,Mary, Let me just say ...Bye bye.
Yes, "GIRL BYE"!!
I just read the book. I haven't seen this whole movie, just the snippets available on RUclips. What I have seen is not true to the book. Mary Crawford does say these words in the book, but the words were said to Edmund alone and he then related them to Fanny. I think the full movie from 2007 (which is available on RUclips) is truer to the book. There is nothing wrong with deviating from a book. However, this Fanny seems a little too self-confident compared to the Fanny of the book.
I see your point. To my taste she was a little too confident as well at certain times. However I did not like the 2007 version as much. Especially because I did not really see Billy Piper as the pinnacle of modesty and morale. And I liked Jonny Lee miller as Edmund more :)
All the Fanny adaptations are too confident and too old for the role. Fanny was a psicollogically abused child, infatuated with the only person who treated her well, not a sassy strong woman
As stated already, this is a loose adaptation. When people have read a book adapted for the screen, they often complain, rather than appreciate the movie or series on its own merits.
@@iamsanna4567 Shortening a book to a story presented on screen requires many compromises. I wish I could have seen the whole movie version with the above scene. The whole family sitting there in rapt attention as Mary Crawford tries to orchestrate the resuscitation of her brother's and the family's reputations just seemed very unlikely to me. Fanny piping up and Crawford telling Mister Bertram to keep quiet and then Edmund giving Crawford a humiliating sendoff just seemed to be everyone completely out of character to me. But every Director seeks to tweak the characters a bit to make them more interesting to modern audiences. The shy, introverted Fanny of the book just wouldn't do in this age of strong-willed, independent women.
@@iamsanna4567 Okay, you convinced me. Fanny's inner life is very difficult to bring to the screen. Having some disembodied voice narrate her inner thoughts might have gotten tedious. There have been several great film versions of "Persuasion." Anne, as the long suffering, levelheaded daughter of a profligate family, has such great lines and always seems to be at the center of the action. She is much easier to portray in film. Come to think of it, most all of Austen's heroines, besides Fanny, are very outspoken women with great dialogues and usually central to the action or at least observing it. I confess I haven't read Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, or Sanditon.
I don't recognise this scene or anything near, it from the book. I see why they have to adapt to film though, it's difficult to convey thoughts, feelings and conversations between 2 characters, then relayed to another. Would probably take too much time also. So strange to see, I only began to recognise it when names were mentioned. It looks very well acted though.
Social standing is clearly WAY more important than character.
Is this Miss Honey from Matilda?
evil Embeth, gotta love her
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Dear me! Sweet Marry does clearly waste her talent and mind on social idleness and intrigue! Instead of fancying Sickboy turned priest (so some communist sophister did truly say that religion is the opiate of the people) but marry someone with ambition like Macbeth or Richard of Gloucester, as her blood is surely not stained with the milk of human kindness; and of course this fancy movie adaptation of Jane Austen is quite lovely; a nice mixture of romance and irony.
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the red notes on the screen aren't necessary they're actually annoying
All she care about is riches and not matters of the heart. Wicked thoughts of the heart speaks. That’s the plan marry people for wealth🤦🏾♀️👉🏾🚪
True, she did plan about riches and marrying well. Then again, this is mainly because she has a very good inheritance herself (so she's a wealthy single woman in those days--she has her pick of gents). She did aim for older brother, Tom (who has the baronetcy and the 20k income yearly), but she ended up choosing Edmund because she liked his personality better than Tom's. But she's not compatible at all with Edmund, she has been needling at Edmund for his chosen profession was in religion. She also made a fuss knowing that Edmund's profession would only bring him $700 a year which is very little compared to what she has (her inheritance). To make matter worse, she kind of hopes Tom will die off so Edmund can take over--which is beneficial for her too as a wife. It's great that Edmund finally realizes that Mary is not the one for him at all.
Worst adaptation ever. Fanny Price is nothing like this....!
Mansfield Park, I think, is the most difficult of Jane Austen’s books to adapt to screen due to Fanny’s characteristics in the book. I wish they would just give up or find an actress that could play a timid, quiet, true to the book Fanny Price.
Haven't had the pleasure of the "book". Enjoyed this film , though. Probably not going to read it. Read First Impressions, or Pride and Prejudice. And Film with Knightly. It , too strayed a bit. Still the essence was captured on film. Love to see the right actors for character representation, but they may have a different perspective. Approve or not, loved this .
It truly is. I can't remember being more disappointed by a book adaptation, and that's saying a lot.
This is not Jane Austen. What a travesty!
This movie was not good. It was weird.
This adaptation is absolutely horrid!