Comparative Essay On Pride And Prejudice
Most students typically groan and complain at the task of reading for English class, but some pieces of literature are truly beneficial for teens to read. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare are commonly known as novels read in high school. Pride and Prejudice follows Elizabeth Bennett as she tries to follow her heart during the Regency Period; Romeo and Juliet follows two lovers from two feuding families. Pride and Prejudice is relevant to teens and is valuable to today’s education system, Romeo and Juliet, on the other hand, is not. The themes of Pride and Prejudice provide a relevant message to teen readers and should continue being taught at the high school level. A main conflict within the novel
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It is only towards the end and through Mr. Darcy’s actions and others opinions of him that Elizabeth sees that Mr. Darcy is a kind, generous man. By the end of the novel, the two characters have fallen in love and are engaged to be married. The ongoing theme of “don’t judge a book by its cover” could be applied to the way teens live today. Teenagers are very quick to stereotype and judge other teens in today’s world. Once a person is a part of a “group”, such as popular, nerd, jock, etc., it is very difficult to change the way others see and think of them. By reading Pride and Prejudice students can see how having prejudices against others is harmful, and can damage the relationships they have with others. Another theme that makes Pride and Prejudice valuable to today’s education system is “do what you think is right, not what others want you to do”. During the Regency Period, women’s job in life was to find a good husband with as much money as possible. The expectations of women were very low, and men didn’t think women’s opinion was useful. Elizabeth consistently rejected this idea by saying and doing what she believed to be right. The first time Mr. Darcy proposed, Elizabeth’s opinion was not very fond of him, so she turned him down
It is only towards the end and through Mr. Darcy’s actions and others opinions of him that Elizabeth sees that Mr. Darcy is a kind, generous man. By the end of the novel, the two characters have fallen in love and are engaged to be married. The ongoing theme of “don’t judge a book by its cover” could be applied to the way teens live today. Teenagers are very quick to stereotype and judge other teens in today’s world. Once a person is a part of a “group”, such as popular, nerd, jock, etc., it is very difficult to change the way others see and think of them. By reading Pride and Prejudice students can see how having prejudices against others is harmful, and can damage the relationships they have with others. Another theme that makes Pride and Prejudice valuable to today’s education system is “do what you think is right, not what others want you to do”. During the Regency Period, women’s job in life was to find a good husband with as much money as possible. The expectations of women were very low, and men didn’t think women’s opinion was useful. Elizabeth consistently rejected this idea by saying and doing what she believed to be right. The first time Mr. Darcy proposed, Elizabeth’s opinion was not very fond of him, so she turned him down