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Taylor
It wasn’t out of jealousy. When she’s remembering at the wedding, she thinks about the day she told Robbie she loved him, and she said she promptly forgot about it a day later. Showing that it was just a childish crush and not any kind of motive (which Robbie suspects at one point).
I think it became very clear to her sometime in those five years that it was Paul, but it wasn’t right away. I’m her head, everything that was going on between Robbie and Cecilia was sinister. She had to “protect” her sister. She couldn’t fathom her sister “disgracing” herself by undressing in front of a man or tolerating the things he wrote in his letter. So to Briony, Robbie must have been sexually obsessed and had some kind of evil power that her sister was powerless against (as was evident, to her, by findin them in the library).
At first, I think I’m her head she honestly was protecting her sister. I think it becomes clear in the description of the legal proceedings that she starts to doubt herself then.
I agree that she didn’t begin to understand the consequences of that she was doing.
I think it became very clear to her sometime in those five years that it was Paul, but it wasn’t right away. I’m her head, everything that was going on between Robbie and Cecilia was sinister. She had to “protect” her sister. She couldn’t fathom her sister “disgracing” herself by undressing in front of a man or tolerating the things he wrote in his letter. So to Briony, Robbie must have been sexually obsessed and had some kind of evil power that her sister was powerless against (as was evident, to her, by findin them in the library).
At first, I think I’m her head she honestly was protecting her sister. I think it becomes clear in the description of the legal proceedings that she starts to doubt herself then.
I agree that she didn’t begin to understand the consequences of that she was doing.
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Rachel
I think it's because Briony is jealous. She wants Robbie to love her, yet he loves her sister. I don't think she ever imagined the consequences of her actions.
Cris
She thought about it after, if this happened. It could be a consented act.
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