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Would you like living with Hetty?

I watched a bit of "Emily of New Moon" the other night, which got me thinking...

Who would you most and least want to live with among the older "spinsters" - Marilla, Aunt Elizabeth, or Hetty? How does Hetty compare with the other two in terms of harshness and rigidity?

Do you feel Hetty was changed a lot by Sara staying at Rose Cottage, like Marilla was changed by Anne?

1/12/2007, 7:23 pm

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

I would most like to live with Marilla. She is the nicest of the 3. She is not as strict as aunt Elizabeth and aunt Hetty. She doesn't put of a hard fasade like the others do. The only thing Marilla does is to not show her feelings.

What shows that Elizabeth and Hetty are harder than Marilla is that they don't change as obviously as Marilla does. Marilla actually becomes rather affectionate, where as Elizabeth and Hetty don't show many such singns. But off course Elizabeth and Hetty were affected in the same way as Marilla was. It just doesn't show as much. But take Hetty, she is genuinly upsett when Sara is hurt and when she is to leave. What makes Elizabeth and Hetty seem harder is that they both have sisters (Laura and Olivia) who are their opposites. Well, Marilla has Matthew, but that's different...

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1/13/2007, 11:52 am

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

If I had to choose a spinster to live with, I'd also go with Marilla.

I'd least want to live with Aunt Elizabeth, based on what little I've read of EofNM. I think, quite honestly, she's a heartless biotch.

Hetty is somewhere in between. She's not entirely cold and unfeeling (she can show emotion); but it's harder for her to adapt to change, and she's supremely stubborn.

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1/13/2007, 4:34 pm

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

Actually, I don't think that on the whole that I would've minded living with Hetty. Some areas we would but heads, but overall, I think we'd get along just fine.

I'd definitely not want to live with Aunt Elizabeth!

Do you feel Hetty was changed a lot by Sara staying at Rose Cottage, like Marilla was changed by Anne?
Well... she changed Sara in the way that Sara became more independent... but if Sara would've lived with Janet, the same thing would've happened, though Sara probably wouldn't have become independent quite as quickly as she did living with Hetty. Other than that, I really don't think that Hetty changed Sara tons.

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1/14/2007, 8:16 am

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

I would go with Marilla. She is my favorite. Besides, it would be interesting living in the same house as Rachel Lynde. I wonder what she would think of me? Aunt Hetty is not understanding enough. But I do like Aunt Olivia. And for Aunt Elizabeth...well I just perfer Marilla for some reason.

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1/14/2007, 11:35 am

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

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Do you feel Hetty was changed a lot by Sara staying at Rose Cottage, like Marilla was changed by Anne?

Yes, I do. Hetty definitely mellowed with age. She was still bossy and stuff, but nothing like she was in the first season and some of the second. She became much more enjoyable. Sara helped with that, I think.

1/14/2007, 1:09 pm

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

I'll throw my hat in with Marilla as well. She was able to see the humor in things and admit mistakes, and kind of grow along with Anne. Hetty would be next in line for me-sometimes I think living with her would be torture and other times I think it would be hilarious because she is just so *exaggerated*. Aunt Elizabeth would be unbearable.

1/14/2007, 8:57 pm

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

I think perhaps that is because Aunt Elizabeth doesn't change in her ways. She seems to be more set in her ways and traditions than Hetty or Marilla.

Marilla and Hetty are capable of mellowing and changing, but Elizabeth wasn't and never would be.

Marilla and Hetty were both mellowed by their girls, yet they also managed to raise them to independence, responsibility and well turned out, likeable young ladies.

I suppose you could say in that situation they both helped each other along.

The situation was different because of personalities at New Moon. Aunt Elizabeth was even more proud and set in her ways than either of her fellow female spinsters.

1/14/2007, 9:11 pm

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

doh! I'm such a doorknob! I read that question completely wrong- and I even read it several times!

Yes, I do think that Hetty changed quite a bit! She most definitely mellowed... and learned a tiny bit how to let things go.

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1/15/2007, 7:42 am

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Re: Would you like living with Hetty?

Would I like to live with Hetty? Hmmmm. I think it would take some getting used to, but I'd rather live with her than with Aunt Elizabeth. Elizabeth mellows in her old age, so I'd live with EC or EQ Elizabeth before I'd live with the Elizabeth from the first few chapters of EoNM.

Althought she's not a spinster, the aunt I would NEVER want to live with is Aunt Ruth from EoNM. OMG. She makes Elizbeth look like a saint.

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1/15/2007, 8:58 am

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