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re: Gigi: accents?

Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 03:10 pm EST 01/21/15
In reply to:	re: Gigi: accents? - LegitOnce 09:14 pm EST 01/20/15

"And the magical thing that happens is that this honestly opens the heart of Gaston: he sees her generosity and he is inspired to rise to her level of integrity. All the conniving and bargaining and contracts mean nothing in the end; what matters is that Gigi stays true to herself, and by example reforms Gaston." That's a wonderful interpretation. Mine is slightly different, but not really contradictory: I think Gaston pretty much loves Gigi from the beginning of the story, but he doesn't consciously think of her in a romantic way, partly because of her age. Then, when he realizes he wants her romantically, he immediately goes to the idea that she will be his "kept woman," because this is the arrangement Gaston is most familiar with, and also because Gigi herself is in training to be a courtesan. So it takes Gigi stating the facts so frankly to realize that marrying her is what he wants to do.

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