Interesting that you're upset with her sister rather than Jane herself. What would Cassandra have done had her sister not left any instructions? Those were different times and Cassandra was only doing as her sister asked. Had Jane not died and lived longer, she probably would have destroyed them herself, as she seemed to feel they should not survive her. Either way, the letters would be gone.
Makes me think of the discussion of what people leave behind after death in the "Ask Amy" column a while ago. It started with a letter about some embarrassing letters a family found after the death of the family member. In response, some people said they made sure anything they didn't want coming out after they were dead was destroyed while others didn't feel they needed to do anything. I got the impression the people who opted to destroy letters and pictures did so because they felt they were protecting others in their family who would be hurt by the information becoming known. The impression I had of those who chose not to destroy letters was because the info would not hurt anyone else and others in the family would find what was left interesting about the deceased.
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Date: 2008-06-19 06:36 pm (UTC)Makes me think of the discussion of what people leave behind after death in the "Ask Amy" column a while ago. It started with a letter about some embarrassing letters a family found after the death of the family member. In response, some people said they made sure anything they didn't want coming out after they were dead was destroyed while others didn't feel they needed to do anything. I got the impression the people who opted to destroy letters and pictures did so because they felt they were protecting others in their family who would be hurt by the information becoming known. The impression I had of those who chose not to destroy letters was because the info would not hurt anyone else and others in the family would find what was left interesting about the deceased.