Questors Academy Jane Austen’s Heroines
Led by Rosalind AdlerA three hour workshop
Shameless Schemers, Innocent Ingénues and Wonderful, Witty Women
Date: 2 December 2017
Time: 10.30 – 13.30
Fee: £15
Facilitator: Rosalind Adler
How to book: Contact Jane Mason on 020 8567 0011 or email jane@questors.org.uk
Ahead of the Saturday matinee performance of Lady Susan (
buy tickets here) we'll also be
running an engaging workshop which explores the protagonists of Jane
Austen's novels.
We’ll look at the importance of bravery in
Austen characters. Perhaps only one of her heroines is possessed of
bravery which is perfectly balanced by integrity, wit and charm – while
another, though full of integrity and good nature, has disastrously
lacked bravery in the past and needs to learn it now.
We’ll read aloud sections of text and discuss the key qualities of Jane’s unforgettable heroines.
All
of Austen’s heroines discover that they have something to learn and all
of them, shamefaced perhaps, willingly enter into the process of
gaining essential insight. Even Emma Woodhouse, sure of her penetrative
powers but actually blinded by a deep self-deception which threatens to
overthrow her and harm those around her, learns to know herself in time
for a happy ending.
The only character who is sure she has
nothing to learn is the adulterous, sexy, middle-aged, confident, bold,
totally selfish and yet wonderfully fascinating Lady Susan.
