I am a priest, of 40+
years. This is considered old in the 17th century.
In her scene with
Grandier, she uses the terms ‘plain and shy’ to describe herself, which makes
me assume she doesn’t feel highly of herself, and that she thinks less of
herself, than possibly Grandier. For this reason I feel she may be nervous and
more awkward than usual in his presence as he has such big reputation – it’s
like meeting a celebrity! Furthermore, in the scene it’s just her and Grandier,
so I envision her being self-conscious.
In addition to this,
in the same paragraph as the earlier example, she claims herself ‘a simple man’
suggesting she hasn’t had a great education, and that she doesn’t know much out
of her books, and praising God. Or, she is ‘simple’ in the maintenance sense;
she doesn’t need a lot to keep her happy – only God? She also says she was ‘a
peasant boy… too awkward to ask for the love of man’ this quote supports my
earlier assumption that she hasn’t a great amount of intellect or knowledge
outside of religious of studies. This quote also supports and increases my
earlier suspicion that she is ‘shy’ and self-conscious, she couldn’t find
anyone to love, or couldn’t push herself out of her comfort zone to find love
and so stuck to a God who people believe loves you unconditionally. From this I
gain that she is a weak character - she wanted love, but was too ‘awkward to
ask [for it]’. In my opinion, if you are completely determined to do or have
something you will find a way to make it happen, everything is possible if you
believe. But she must not have believed in the love of man, or more likely,
that someone could love her, and so turned to a religious figure, mostly
worshipped in that century and country as the state and Church (Catholic) where
still one at that time, who she had
to believe, and knew would love her without question, or any hard work.
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