My Helstone GirlMargaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe) is the main character of Elizabeth Gaskell&rs
My Helstone GirlMargaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe) is the main character of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South in the namesake BBC adaptation. She is a young southern girl who moves to the fictional town of Milton in the north of England, where she knows Mr. Thorton, whom dislikes instantly.Margaret was a character created to challenge stereotypes about women’s role in the 19th century. The theme of challenging stereotypes is one which is integral throughout the novel.“Margaret could not help her looks; but the short curled upper lip, the round, massive up-turned chin, the manner of carrying her head, her movements, full of a soft feminine defiance, always gave strangers the impression of haughtiness.”“She sat facing [Mr Thornton] and facing the light; her full beauty met his eye; her round white flexile throat rising out of the full, yet lithe figure; her lips, moving so slightly as she spoke, not breaking the cold serene look of her face with any variation from the one lovely haughty curve; her eyes, with their soft gloom, meeting his with quiet maiden freedom.”That’s the dress she uses in the Mr. Thorton’s dinner party on the miniseries.c. 1855 -- source link
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