Fathers are, indeed, terribly poor stuff (though I still love Mr Bennet for all his flaws). I think Sir Thomas gets the best overt PR from the narrator, but sub-textually is shown to be a slave owner in the way he treats his daughters and niece.
I rather like the way that particular TV adaptation (you're right, it's the Jonny Lee Miller one) fills in biographical gaps. The scene showing Mrs and Miss Bates sending Jane away from their grand house does an excellent job of showing how far they've come down in the world when the story proper starts and what a genuine emotional attachment they have to Jane. Frank Churchill's really good, too - he captures both the charm and the fundamental amorality of the man - although I'm disappointed that they neglected to show him clutching a little phial of rat poison at any point.
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Date: 2015-01-06 09:30 am (UTC)I rather like the way that particular TV adaptation (you're right, it's the Jonny Lee Miller one) fills in biographical gaps. The scene showing Mrs and Miss Bates sending Jane away from their grand house does an excellent job of showing how far they've come down in the world when the story proper starts and what a genuine emotional attachment they have to Jane. Frank Churchill's really good, too - he captures both the charm and the fundamental amorality of the man - although I'm disappointed that they neglected to show him clutching a little phial of rat poison at any point.