Thursday, July 10, 2008
Literary Characters
Gordon Brown compared himself to Heathcliff, from the novel Wuthering Heights this week. Seems Heathcliff cynically swindles a house owner out of Wuthering Heights, cruelly abuses his wife and vindictively sets out to destroy not only his enemies but even their children.
IMO: Typical politician, then.
The book reviewer of "The Scotsman" suggests a few other cases.
Cameron: Harry Flashman who bullied Tom Brown at his toffs private school, "roasting" him in front of an open fire.
Prescott : Falstaff, a drunk, often in fights.
Salmond : Lewis Carroll's 'Cheshire Cat'. Grins but will disappear when the going gets tough.
IMO: Well, Gordon Brown started it.
Gordon Brown compared himself to Heathcliff, from the novel Wuthering Heights this week. Seems Heathcliff cynically swindles a house owner out of Wuthering Heights, cruelly abuses his wife and vindictively sets out to destroy not only his enemies but even their children.
IMO: Typical politician, then.
The book reviewer of "The Scotsman" suggests a few other cases.
Cameron: Harry Flashman who bullied Tom Brown at his toffs private school, "roasting" him in front of an open fire.
Prescott : Falstaff, a drunk, often in fights.
Salmond : Lewis Carroll's 'Cheshire Cat'. Grins but will disappear when the going gets tough.
IMO: Well, Gordon Brown started it.
# posted by uv : 8:55 PM
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