Let's disscuss Harriet

I've been talking about her all over the place, but let this be the ceneral place to talk about her!

Harrietfan wrote:

I've been talking about her all over the place, but let this be the ceneral place to talk about her!

We may began the thread, then.

Vanesa.

Somthing I've always wanted to talk about is how different her life would be if she married Russel. I can not imagine her as a minister's wife.

I love Harriet! One of the best characters on the show, in my opinion. And I think her character teaches us a lot about ourselves. Who of us doesn't have just a bit of a Harriet inside of him/her? We may not express those nasty thoughts out loud, but I bet we all have them from time to time....and prejudices, and tendencies to gossip, etc. So the Harriet character gives us a chance to see just how nasty and hurtful some of that kind of thinking and/or behavior really is. Maybe she is a chance to evaluate ourselves and see if we need to get rid of some of that from our own lives. And yet we are also entertained even while we know she is often nasty.

As has been mentioned before, the other great thing about Harriet is that from time to time we see her more tender side.

amyk wrote:

I love Harriet! One of the best characters on the show, in my opinion. And I think her character teaches us a lot about ourselves. Who of us doesn't have just a bit of a Harriet inside of him/her? We may not express those nasty thoughts out loud, but I bet we all have them from time to time....and prejudices, and tendencies to gossip, etc. So the Harriet character gives us a chance to see just how nasty and hurtful some of that kind of thinking and/or behavior really is. Maybe she is a chance to evaluate ourselves and see if we need to get rid of some of that from our own lives. And yet we are also entertained even while we know she is often nasty.

As has been mentioned before, the other great thing about Harriet is that from time to time we see her more tender side.

I agree we all have a bit of her in all of us, but I have a tendency to look at some friends of mine and point out their Harriet qualities. I know I shouldn't, but I do. I as well as other Harriet fans have mentioned the tender side wich I love. For those of you who have seen the Britcom Keeping Up Apperances, Don't Hyacinth and Richard remind you of Harriet and Nels? I would also love feedback on my two latest fanfics!
Thanks

Yes. Harriet is very much like we are time to time and I think this is the reason because we love her, even if we understand that what she does is REALLY bad. The Ingallses are great people but they act "to correctly". The Oleson are close to a "normal" behavior, even if Harriet and Nellie tends to be a little mean and disgusting. Besides, Harriet - or Nellie - were not really bad, like Mr. Larabee. Sometimes, Harriet seemed to agree with Larabee, but when the moment to act would come, she wouldn't follow him...

We could also discuss the evolution of Harriet character in the show. She began being a really hard women, but in the last seasons she was almost adorable...and more ridicolous than mean!

Vanesa.

P.S: Harriet marrying Russell? Hmmm....Maybe. I can't imagine her marrying other than Nels But I think she could have made a great wife of a Minister. Maybe she became a little bitter for she cannot marry him?

Vanesa wrote:

Yes. Harriet is very much like we are time to time and I think this is the reason because we love her, even if we understand that what she does is REALLY bad. The Ingallses are great people but they act "to correctly". The Oleson are close to a "normal" behavior, even if Harriet and Nellie tends to be a little mean and disgusting. Besides, Harriet - or Nellie - were not really bad, like Mr. Larabee. Sometimes, Harriet seemed to agree with Larabee, but when the moment to act would come, she wouldn't follow him...

We could also discuss the evolution of Harriet character in the show. She began being a really hard women, but in the last seasons she was almost adorable...and more ridicolous than mean!

Vanesa.

P.S: Harriet marrying Russell? Hmmm....Maybe. I can't imagine her marrying other than Nels But I think she could have made a great wife of a Minister. Maybe she became a little bitter for she cannot marry him?

When she goes along with Larabee w/ the anti Semetic remarks in the Craftsmam, she just acepted black people and yelled at Larabee the episode before. Thart's anoying! She does lose her harshness in the last seasons. I love that! I do think the broken engagment made her more bitter. I have a feeling that Harriet would have a hard time if Russel was at some country chuch not to look down at the farmers. She'd be polite to them in chuch, but gosip about them behind their backs. That's my opinion.