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| “ | We flatter our men with our pain. We bow before them. We make ourselves dolls for their amusement. We lose our dignity in corsets and high shoes and gossip and the slavery of marriage. And our reward for this service? The back of the hand ... the face turned to the pillow. The bloody aching c--t as you force us onto your beds to take your fat heaving bodies! You drag us into the alleys, my lad, and cram yourselves into our mouths for 2 bob... when you're not beating us senseless! When we're not bloody from the eyes and the mouth and the ass and the c--t! Never again will I kneel to any man. | „ |
| ~ Brona declaring her emancipation from men. |
Brona Croft is a supporting antagonist in the horror drama TV series Penny Dreadful. She is an Irish prostitute who dies of tuberculosis, only to be brought back to life by Victor Frankenstein as a mate for his Creature. She rejects the Creature's affections, however, and leads a group of her fellow prostitutes in a revolt against the control and abuse of men.
She is portrayed by Billie Piper.
Overview[]
Brona is a poor Irish immigrant in Victorian London, making a meager living as a prostitute. She forms a bond with monster hunter Ethan Chandler, who will do anything for her. Her beauty is stained by the marks of tuberculosis, an illness which is untreatable for the poor. Eventually she succumbs to the disease.
Victor Frankenstein brings her back to life, intending her to be a mate for his Creature. As she has no memory of her former life, Victor tells her she is his cousin, Lily Frankenstein. Victor eventually falls in love with her, however, and breaks his oath to the Creature, who is also obsessed with her.
Observing how the male-dominated society of the time mistreats and disregards women, her rage festers. Embracing her power as an immortal and her position as a woman, she channels her rage by overpowering and killing the men she lures. She pledges never again to kneel to any man, and to usher in a new age led by immortals. She is joined in her mission by her lover and fellow immortal, Dorian Gray.
She and Dorian rescue a prostitute named Justine from captivity to become the first of their followers. Soon the pair draw a much larger group of the dispossessed and scorned ladies of the night. She orders them to find unfaithful men, and cut off their right hands. Dorian by this point has grown bored of her machinations, however, and indulges in a temporary alliance with Victor to have her moved into the doctor's care. Together they have her institutionalized in Bedlam, where Victor, with the help of his friend Dr. Henry Jekyll, tries to tame her rage with the treatments they had been developing together.
His efforts are unsuccessful, however, and she escapes. When she tries to reunite with Dorian, however, he rejects her, and laughs aside her zeal to reform the world in their image. She storms off, as Dorian tells her he will be waiting for her.
External Links[]
- Brona Croft at Wikipedia
- Brona Croft at the Penny Dreadful Wiki