YMMV / The Sandman (1816)

• Jerkass Woobie: Nathanael. While he's abrasive and desires a woman who doesn't talk back to him, it's undisputable that his life utterly sucked. He was traumatized by the story of the Sandman, who he recognized in his father's partner Coppelius, had nightmares about Coppelius cooking him and stealing his eyes, witnessed his father die by Coppelius' hand... All of these clearly scarred him, explaining his abrasive behaviour.
• Woolseyism: The Bealby translation repeatedly calls Coppola a "hawker" (travelling salesman) of oculars and glasses (which he refers to as "eyes"). This resounds beautifully with the tale of Nathanael's nurse, who described the Sandman as a bird-like creature who hunts for eyes—a hawk is a bird of prey, and "to hawk" also means "to hunt in the style of a hawk". But it is entirely a clever translation; in the original, Coppola is just a "Wetterglashändler", which does not strike any such associations.

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