Where are the shy heroines?
Last night, my daughter and I watched Frozen for the first time. (Yes, I know, we took a while getting around to it). I don't intend to write a review of Frozen here (basically, I didn't think it was as good as Tangled ). But I do mean to say that I found the heroines a bit annoying. They were too loud for me, too independent, too feisty. I've never liked feisty heroines. Right from reading Little Women as a child. I know so many people wanted to be Jo, but I wished Beth could have been the writer (as well as a pianist). Then she would have been like me, right down to the name. Growing up, I identified with Marty South (Thomas Hardy's The Woodlanders) , following Giles about, too afraid to admit she loved him, Fanny Price (Jane Austen's Mansfield Park ), bossed about by everyone in the house with only Edmund treating her like a human being) and especially the Lady of Shalott, trapped in her tower, unable to cross the room. (Yes, we're back to women in t