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* Mrs. Norris (no, not \'\'[[Literature/HarryPotter that]]\'\' Mrs. Norris) of JaneAusten\'s \'\'MansfieldPark\'\' is so cruel, she\'s one of the few Austen villains that is not a KarmaHoudini. Because she has no life of her own (no children, no husband after he dies, no work or business because she\'s an aristocrat), she devotes her life to making one person\'s life miserable -- the heroine \'\'and her niece\'\', Fanny -- making sure her sister and brother-in-law don\'t treat her as well as their own children, making sure Fanny\'s aware of how she doesn\'t deserve to be treated like their children and why (because her family is poorer), treating her like a servant even when the tasks cause her physical harm, and taking every opportunity to HannibalLecture the girl about how worthless and ungrateful and generally horrible she is and owes everything to her aunt\'s and uncle\'s \
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* Mrs. Norris (no, not \\\'\\\'[[Literature/HarryPotter that]]\\\'\\\' Mrs. Norris) of JaneAusten\\\'s \\\'\\\'MansfieldPark\\\'\\\' is so cruel, she\\\'s one of the few Austen villains that is not a KarmaHoudini. Because she has no life of her own (no children, no husband after he dies, no work or business because she\\\'s an aristocrat), she devotes her life to making one person\\\'s life miserable -- the heroine \\\'\\\'and her niece\\\'\\\', Fanny -- making sure her sister and brother-in-law don\\\'t treat her as well as their own children, making sure Fanny\\\'s aware of how she doesn\\\'t deserve to be treated like their children and why (because her family is poorer), treating her like a servant even when the tasks cause her physical harm, and taking every opportunity to HannibalLecture the girl about how worthless and ungrateful and generally horrible she is and owes everything to her aunt\\\'s and uncle\\\'s \\\"kindness\\\", which she doesn\\\'t even deserve anyway...for no reason! Fanny doesn\\\'t even live with her! She doesn\\\'t even have the excuse of the girl ever putting \\\'\\\'her\\\'\\\' through any inconvenience. She is just that \\\'\\\'\\\'mean.\\\'\\\'\\\'
Mrs. Norris is definitely a jerkass and her behavior is presented humorously- she\\\'s very far from being the kind of character that deserves to be labeled a CompleteMonster- she\\\'s not even close to the worst character in Jane Austen\\\'s novels. Also, not to blame the victim, but Fanny Price is an infamous ExtremeDoormat, which does kind of give some perspective to the above description.
If you\\\'d like to discuss this further, probably should be taken to the CompleteMonster thread in Special Efforts. By the way, not sure the relevance of stating whether or not the character is a KarmaHoudini. The two tropes have nothing to do with each other (except that it is more aggravating if a character who gets away with evil is a CompleteMonster; however, the fact that a character is a KarmaHoudini is not evidence that they are a CompleteMonster)
Mrs. Norris is definitely a jerkass and her behavior is presented humorously- she\\\'s very far from being the kind of character that deserves to be labeled a CompleteMonster- she\\\'s not even close to the worst character in Jane Austen\\\'s novels. Also, not to blame the victim, but Fanny Price is an infamous ExtremeDoormat, which does kind of give some perspective to the above description.
If you\\\'d like to discuss this further, probably should be taken to the CompleteMonster thread in Special Efforts. By the way, not sure the relevance of stating whether or not the character is a KarmaHoudini. The two tropes have nothing to do with each other (except that it is more aggravating if a character who gets away with evil is a CompleteMonster; however, the fact that a character is a KarmaHoudini is not evidence that they are a CompleteMonster)
