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- Robert Goodwin 
  comes from England

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to this plantation to oversee it

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and to also bring abolition

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and a change of 
  consciousness to Jamaica.

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- He's kind of this, 
you know, blonde haired,

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blue eyed gentleman.

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Caroline takes a fancy to him

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and thinks that they're 
of the same world

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and thinks that it 
 would be inevitable

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that they would fall in love.

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- Leave us Margaret.

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- It's very interesting because 
Caroline is of the old mind

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that slaves are ignorant 
and to be kept at bay,

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but because of her 
 interest in Robert,

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she pretends to be of his mind.

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And then July

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allegiant to the view that 
  a slave should be free,

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gets into this interesting 
  triangle of affection.

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- Caroline had complete 
lack of self-awareness,

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doesn't realize how 
  awful she is as a person.

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- I think Caroline and Robert

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sort of exist in different 
 planes of like energy as well.

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There's a clash of personality.

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- He very quickly sees 
 the qualities in July

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that make her just 
 irresistible to him

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and he falls madly 
  in love with her.

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- I can't hide it from you.

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I love you.

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- And I think a 
  large part of that

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is to do with the fact 
 that he knows he shouldn't.

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- Robert comes and comes this 
 get out of jail free card

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and I think it doesn't 
 start off as love for July.

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It starts off as 
an escape route.

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- Where will you be going?

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- Fishing.

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- To prosper herself,

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I think she starts to 
 become more cunning.

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- Yeah, you play 
  him like a fiddle.

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- Yeah. 
 - That's what I love about it

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is that he turns up 
 with that expectation

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that as soon as he meets 
one of the workers,

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he's going to save them

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and they're all going 
 to cry on his shoulder

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and tell him all these things.

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- That he's a great hero. 
  - Exactly.

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And July realizes that 
  'cause she's wicked smart.

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She realizes that instantly.

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- In that time, 
  interaction is heightened

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because the quorum and men 
  and women in separation,

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all those things, you know,

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I think when you do 
 connect, it's more intense.

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There's something about love 
 that can really melt pain.

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- Oh, I didn't tell you.

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I am to be married 
  by Robert Goodwin.

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- They are essentially 
sharing a man together.

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And you have a woman who is 
 so used to barking orders

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at July

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and is now being asked to 
 share the dining room table

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with this woman.

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- Come sit down. 
  - No, no, no, no.

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- And also knowing that 
July has the real love.

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- You are my true wife, July.

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- And that's making, you know,

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Caroline incredibly jealous 
 and full of resentment

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and full of bitterness 
  and completely powerless.

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- But July becomes a woman

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who needs to make 
  certain choices

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even at the mercy 
  of Caroline Tart.

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It's a power struggle 
 that they're in

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and it's constantly flipping.

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