![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Amy, the artistic sister, is willing to put aside her vain obsession with her appearance to spend hours improving her sketching. Beth, the musical sister, practices her piano whenever she can. They just don’t let their limitations get them down. The March sisters might seem like little prodigies at times, but the reality is that none of them are particularly distinguished in terms of talent. Figure out what you’re good at and stick to it. Alcott also throws a bit of snark at the imperative to suffer for beauty, remarking upon Jo’s preparations for a dance: “Jo’s nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.”ĥ. It’s easy to judge people by their clothes, but it’s a poor metric for discerning their true character. The expensively dressed women she admired had gossiped about her and paid her no attention when she was in dowdy dresses, but their newfound affection can’t conceal the hypocrisy and shallowness hidden below their silk gowns. She notices that “there is a charm about fine clothes which attracts a certain class of people, and secures their respect,” but it’s a superficial sort of regard. At any rate, having such fancy clothes and baubles might seem worthy of envy, but as eldest sister Meg finds when she’s gussied up for a party, it’s not all that she dreamed of. Fine feathers often hide not-so-fine birds, so focus on what's underneath rather than external elegance. ![]()
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