You hate a weak female protagonist in a book who worships the floor that her love walks on, who would give up her life in a snap of his finger, who would sell out her family and friends for him, and who would give up on life and become self-loathing if he ever left her, amirite?

How can you not? She gives us women a bad name!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Speaking of the devil, her name is Bella Swan.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

love it.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Exactly what I was going to say.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i was just about to say that.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Chatterbox_97): Exactly! I could give a prime example: Bella Swan, but I was afraid of the whiplash I might get from diehard Twi fans.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You won't find too many Twi-tards here.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

http://www.amirite.net/index.php?page=search&q=twilight&sort=ID&order=DESC&hpOnly=1 Read the comments on some of them. Proven wrong.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Oh my...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Don't worry, that's the bottom percentile of the amirite intelligence. Even under trolls. I hope.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i had her in mind when i posted it

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I could tell.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I've actually always liked books like that.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ha.ha.haha. I was about to vote you down for being a loser when I saw your user name and relized it was a joke:P. It... is a joke... right?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Twilight Publisher): This was my comment. For obvious reasons I had to go anon...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

For some reason it seemed like something you'd post. I love your comments <3

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Bella Swan much?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

*cough* twilight * cough*

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Twilight Publisher): Mmm, I wonder what would make you like such a thing?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Unless her love is another female, I agree.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Are you talking about Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Bella from Twilight.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

We need more Medeas

by Anonymous 14 years ago

yes, ancient tragedies where women were strong!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And Lady Macbeths

by Anonymous 14 years ago

YES YES LADY MACBETH. I LOVE her. She's probably my favorite character in all of Shakespeare's works.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You just gave me an idea for a new story. Thank you. *creepy hug*

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm fine with it. As long as I get a copy.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

coolio

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I could tell you were talking about Twilight from just the first couple lines lol.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ya know Juliet from Romeo & Juliet was like that too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Romeo and Juliet were both like that lol

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yea, that's the first thing I thought of, not Twilight

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Girls like that are generally irritating sometimes, especially in real life when they post a billion Facebook statuses with the heart symbols about how much they love their guy every day.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

COUGHCOUGHTWILIGHTCOUGHCOUGH.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Christina): I'm not too big a fan of Juliet, either. I mean, she was young, some say around 14 years old. That could explain her want of Romeo, also she didn't want to marry Parris? I don't remember the story too well. I don't know if you ever read Shakespeare's Othello, but Desdemona is another one of those who gets me, and she allows herself to be incredibly wronged by Othello. Also, Tess in Tess of the D'Ubervilles. I'm aware that many classics involve women like this, but they were written in a time when females were inferior. I would like to think that modern women have progressed since then and have become more independent...especially when these books are targeted to young girls.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I see your point. But it does amuse me that the way women acted in the classics that almost everyone has respect for is the same way Bella acts and so many people hate her.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Juliet was either 12 or 13 and no, she did not want to marry Paris. She just considered it because her mother asked.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Desdemona took way too much crap, but she was nothing compared to Juliet or Bella.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Before Desdemona died while she was on her deathbed, she tried to save Othello by saying that she had committed suicide. She was an innocent before she lied on her deathbed for the man. She died a sinner for Othello. I agree that she wasn't as drastic as Juliet or Bella, though.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This made me wonder if meyer was deliberately trying to be ironic when she makes Bella write an essay bsed on "whether Shakespeare's portrayal of women is mysoginistic[sp?]" or something like that.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

She might be being ironic, but that would just make her character even worse! THat would mean she acknowledges that she was being mysoginistic when she thought up Bella!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Exactly. That's why I don't think it was deliberate...but still ironic.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Romeo and Juliet is a satire.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

satire playing on what exactly?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I love how you read the post and think of Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Tess of the D'Ubervilles. When I read this I was like OMG Twilight!! jojol17, you have much better taste in literature.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

haha, I thought of Twilight first! Don't worry. But in order to convince people of my point, I had to get out the hardcore literature!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

haha that makes me feel a lot better

by Anonymous 14 years ago

*cough*TWILIGHT*cough*

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Christina): Here's a distinction: Women in classics often gave up everything after their loves died, not after their loves LEFT them and said that they didn't "want" them anymore. Yes, I know it was just Edward's way of protecting her, but in book one, none of us knew that yet. Everyone has the right to mourn, but when mourning becomes self-loathing and loss of a desire for joy in life, I think it's very uninspirational especially for young girls. Also, no offense, classics are written better, and I'm not denouncing Meyers as a writer. That's why classics get the respect they deserve, also why their female protagonists get more respect. (Actually, a lot of readers, even in the 1800s when the book came out, scorned Tess of the D'Ubervilles.) This is a just a possible answer to your question. I myself was a diehard Twilight fan for many years, but I grew out of that phase.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Mulan would kick Bellas ass

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Mulan's pet cricket could also kick Bella Swan's ass.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm liking the Rosie the Riveter profile pic...and the username! I can guess why you like this post!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's nice and all but the only question I asked was rhetorical.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ugh. Anna and the French Kiss anyone?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Don't know it.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well the main character Anna is a stupid hoe.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

this is why i love "the girl with the dragon tattoo" and its sequels. salander is an amazing, powerful woman, probably my favorite character of all the books i've read.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You can tell the 22 people who voted down are twihards:L

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And girls who act exactly like this...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This reminds me a little bit of Hermia. But she was more of a stalker...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm not too familiar with A Midsummer's Night Dream. Care to describe Hermia?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

She's a bit nuts. Her "true love", Demetrius, rejects her, and she kinda stalks him. One of her lines went something like "I'd be happy if you treated me like your dog".

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yep, I'd say she fits the category somewhat!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

actually, that was Helena :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh, right! I get them confused... >.>

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What's sad is if a few of these words were different then this would be a great protagonist, but as this person is necessarily weak, they suck. But strong love, complete trust and loyalty is a great thing in someone who has a lot of confidence and will without the person they love.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Except for the part about selling out your family and freinds for some guy. That is not love or loyalty, that stupidity.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Which is why I did not mention that part. Unless her family sucks. Then it's ok. Have you noticed that we always seem to find eachother in these kinds of posts?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

My first thought was Marianne from Sense and Sensibility because we just finished reading that a couple weeks ago in British Literature. But now that I think about it, I'd say she only fits half of the description.

by Anonymous 13 years ago