Something I found interesting about "The Humiliation of Elizabeth Bennet" was the way that it touched on who the characters' role models were. One part that was brought up was Elizabeth's unique relationship with her father. The author expanded upon this by talking about how Mr. Bennet's relationship with her was less of a father-daughter relationship and more of a surrogate-son relationship. I found this to be pretty accurate in that Elizabeth seemed to have less of the traditional lady-like characteristics than her sisters. The author's point about Elizabeth eventually drifting away from her father as a role model when she realized he wasn't helping her with her "marriage predicament" was kind of sad.
1. I didn't really understand what the author meant talking about Elizabeth being of "castrated gender" at the bottom of page 358?
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