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Taking his foolishness? He was an old senile man. Surely you can't blame him for his folly, he didn't ask for it, he wasn't a malicious character. He was an old man. He made a mistake. As for being the "best" woman in literature, it's all subjective. However, I don't really believe that any qualities she diplayed were unique to her. She forgave her father for banishing her. She knew he was not in his right mind, and that he was hurting himself more than she. Any daughter who loved her father would have done the same. I certainly wouldn't have given forgiving him a second thought. He was the one who was abused, in my opinion.
Posted by Alice on March 29, 1997 at 11:02:13
In Reply to "Men's preference for Cordelia" posted by Kimball One on March 21, 1997 at 16:02:52
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