0612NOTJanus

0612NOTJanus_Wright

Ovid Fasti 1.63-299

Joe Wright, director, Pride and Prejudice (2005 Focus Features)

Rachael Caldwell, F2011, thanks.

Two white busts in the foreground, with hands manipulating an object in the blurred background.

"As Elizabeth Bennett (Keira Knightley) strolls through Pemberley's many ornate rooms, the camera gets a close-up of some of the items on a desk ... includ[ing] the Janus head. ... Wright demonstrates an understanding of the myth and the significance it lends to this particular point in the plot." It manifests "a change of heart toward Mr. Darcy." (Rachael Caldwell)

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