Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26509198-20160713214402/@comment-91424-20160718200509

That is definitely a well done analysis, but personally, I think you are grasping at straws. If she is portrayed as somewhat naive in the ways of love and lust, well, first of all, we don't know what kind of life she lived before this. And you do not have to be young to be naive like that. We don't know what happened between her and Jonathan before the flashback either; they've known each other for a week, and he may have been a really good actor. As for what Jonathan would go for, well, that's as you say, speculation, since we never hear his thoughts. Who's to say that a man like that would only go for younger women? It is perfectly possible to trick an, for lack of a better word, "older" woman. You also say that "if you last for any amount of time as a serving wench, you are not going to be naive", but that is also speculation, and we do not know how long Cora worked as a tavern waitress before she met him. You refer to this as evidence, but it is, as you say "merely speculation and opinion". I think it's a bad idea to base one's opinion solely on speculation about abstract things like characters' feelings, ways of thinking and motivations.

But, it's no big deal, so I think we should just agree to disagree :-)