D.W. Harding blog 13

One thing I agree with D.W. Harding about is his claim that Austen exaggerates her characters and uses satire in an attempt to hide her true feelings about them. I agree that, in reality, Austen hates most of the characters she is writing; however, since she still wants to be accepted in society, she covers it up to the general public by making her hatred only implied and not stated. As an outsider we can look at her play and see the satire and the humor of the characters Austen writes about and how much content Austen has for them; however, I would argue that most people during Austen’s time would not be able to see the underlying message and simply take Pride And Prejudice at face value and call it a comedy. I disagree with D.W. Harding when he uses the intentional fallacy. While it may have been common to use the intentional fallacy during his time, it is not acceptable now, to assume what the author is thinking or why the author did something. As soon as he used the intentional fallacy all of his arguments went into the gutter.