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Old 08-22-2012, 05:32 PM   #157
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Originally Posted by JohnGalt View Post
Can be, but not neccessarily so. Compare Ayn Rand to Shakespeare or Mary Shelly to Henrik Ibesen. Dagney Taggart was much more logical and stoic than the emotion-driven, chaotic Prince of Denmark. Frankenstein's monster makes emotional appeals, but they're simple appeals for respect and dignity, while Hedda Gabler is practically a soap opera. I'm sure there's plenty of examples like these.
Can I just gently point out it's "Dagny", not "Dagney". My middle daughter is named after the Dagny Taggart character in Atlas Shrugged, and people regularly misspell her name .
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