Thread:AustinDR/@comment-26205772-20160228093928/@comment-2175012-20160308015742

I meant that it wasn't to the point that she couldn't comprehend what she was doing. But, anyway, the second candidate that I was unsure about was Cleek. For one, I only read the book; I never watched the film adaptation, nor do I really plan to.

With Cleek, he just seemed to be an over-the-top candidate. Don't get me wrong; he's still taken seriously, but not even Ruth went that far in her treatment of Meg. Yes, I get that Cleek was supposed to represent the corruption of the patriarchal system (really, it's that obvious if you ever read the novel). I mean, keeping your eyeless daughter in a barn to be raised as a dog, dosing the Woman with a high power washer? He just seems to be poorly written.