tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post6901346645911637728..comments2024-03-26T16:25:34.559-04:00Comments on Longish: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Finale ReviewHannah Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-60979137452598989162015-07-07T12:05:07.797-04:002015-07-07T12:05:07.797-04:00"You are right, monkey-wise." <--I th..."You are right, monkey-wise." <--I think this should be my new motto.Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-81525157953571049022015-07-07T10:22:02.064-04:002015-07-07T10:22:02.064-04:00You are right, monkey-wise. Lord Pole is definitel...You are right, monkey-wise. Lord Pole is definitely "See No Evil." Segundus, "Speak No Evil," and Honeyfoot, "Hear No Evil" with his ears that went a-flapping off. Lady Pole got the rose tongue treatment because she called the Gentleman a boor. And more--“I have had my fill of you, Gentleman, taking what you want of me. But I have my voice now. And I say, you are a boor, Sir. An uncivilised, unsightly, filthy boor. With your tasteless clothes, and your hair like … thistledown!”Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-88753654789596774712015-07-06T18:08:48.724-04:002015-07-06T18:08:48.724-04:00I was curious why everyone said the name Alice Eng...I was curious why everyone said the name Alice Englert like we should know who that was. <br /><br />And an interesting point about the rose. The rose was the symbol of the Gentleman's curse on both Stephen and Lady Pole in the book, so I hadn't thought more deeply about it. Why, then, was Segundus' curse to also be prevented from speaking? Or am I reading too much into this?Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-4935744816750422222015-07-06T18:05:12.087-04:002015-07-06T18:05:12.087-04:00I think that's a pretty good summary of what h...I think that's a pretty good summary of what happens in the book. It's difficult to tell the Raven King's exact purpose, but it's certain that Norrell and Strange are not actually as crucial as they seemed. In the novel, they're even *less* important. Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-7059280249843968872015-07-04T19:21:22.002-04:002015-07-04T19:21:22.002-04:00Lady Pole is played by Alice Englert and she is th...Lady Pole is played by Alice Englert and she is the daughter of Jane Campion, the New Zealand film industry. Well, I thought that was interesting when I saw it seven weeks ago.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-20740388375672636182015-07-04T09:27:09.852-04:002015-07-04T09:27:09.852-04:00For all those that are unaware, that lovely "...For all those that are unaware, that lovely "rose" in our dear Lady Pole's lips above is her tongue. She is the "Speak No Evil" monkey of the Gentleman's trio.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-57927020711777679522015-07-04T09:21:59.236-04:002015-07-04T09:21:59.236-04:00I got the distinct impression that the Raven King&...I got the distinct impression that the Raven King's prophecy is more like a spell--casting his wishes for a future time. Accordingly, Norrell and Strange were just pawns in the Raven King's long game to destroy The Gentleman and faerie magic, and keep magic from humans by binding it with Stephen Black in the remains of Lost Hope. The "new, wild, democratic, unrespectable" magic in Yorkshire is strictly theoretical and impotent with all magic in England safely bound. At least that's what I took away from all of this.<br /><br />I would have offered the Raven King all the magic in France, Germany, Prussia, Austria-Hungary, and Russia myself--assuming I had any choice, of course.<br /><br />Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.com