From the blog The Speculative Fiction Chick:
"While the rape of any character is reprehensible, the choice
of who it is in this instance makes it obvious that this was not done
for any other reason than to add further drama into a relationship that
has been rocky from the start. This isn’t Tess, and it isn’t Daniel Deronda, and
the audience doesn’t want it to be. From the beginning, we’ve taken joy
in an Edwardian soap opera with a small amount of angst on the side...But judging from the battered face, torn dress, and bleeding lip of a beloved character, Downton Abbey
is either asking us to address something we may not want to talk about
(and that it may be unqualified to address) … or it’s made a very
serious misstep."
http://charitysplace.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/controversy-or-realism/
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