While I would concur that the unreliable narrator thing was necessary to an extent given the medium, I think they took it too far.
It was badly timed, too, because when Jane and Charlotte brought it up, only a few episodes earlier Lizzie had called Jane in to give her take on Lizzie's portrayal of people who were introduced via costume theatre. She agreed on pretty much every point, with the constant addition of "... but sweet."
Lizzie tries to express her doubts about Caroline's trustworthiness, but is ignored. She encourages Jane to be careful about rushing into a relationship (emotionally, at least) and is again overruled. In both cases she is dead on in her assessments of the people around her, yet she is criticised for being judgemental.
Her cynicism evolved as a defense mechanism in reaction to her mother's ridiculousness and her father's callous indifference. Her sisters have their own forms of dealing with it, yet Lizzie's method proves most effective, given that if anyone had really listened to her, they could have saved themselves a lot pain. They make a big deal about Lizzie not listening to the people around her, but nobody ever bothered to considered that no one ever really listened to her.
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It was badly timed, too, because when Jane and Charlotte brought it up, only a few episodes earlier Lizzie had called Jane in to give her take on Lizzie's portrayal of people who were introduced via costume theatre. She agreed on pretty much every point, with the constant addition of "... but sweet."
Lizzie tries to express her doubts about Caroline's trustworthiness, but is ignored. She encourages Jane to be careful about rushing into a relationship (emotionally, at least) and is again overruled. In both cases she is dead on in her assessments of the people around her, yet she is criticised for being judgemental.
Her cynicism evolved as a defense mechanism in reaction to her mother's ridiculousness and her father's callous indifference. Her sisters have their own forms of dealing with it, yet Lizzie's method proves most effective, given that if anyone had really listened to her, they could have saved themselves a lot pain. They make a big deal about Lizzie not listening to the people around her, but nobody ever bothered to considered that no one ever really listened to her.