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Trent Gneiting
1st Period

AP NOVEL FORM
1. Title (underline): Pride and Prejudice

2. Author (first, last name) and date of first publication: Austen, Jane 1813

3. List four main characters with a one-sentence description of each. a. Elizabeth Bennet- The second born in the Bennet family, Lizzie is well read and very smart. She is a “dreamer” to most for wanting love instead of money. b. Mr. Darcy- One of the richest men of the day and always is careful about what he has to say to others. Although Darcy is pure in Heart, his pride towards the lower classes makes him less admirable to most people. c. Jane- The first born in the Bennet family, Jane is the most beautiful creature you have laid your eyes on. Although she has this beauty, she is quite shy and doesn’t express her feelings very well. d. Mr. Bingley – Darcy’s best friend, Bingley is a very kind man who thinks no differently of people based on class like Darcy. He is the one that makes Darcy a better person.

4. List two minor characters with a one-sentence description of each. a. Mr. Whickam – Whickam is a very friendly people person and will do whatever it takes to get what he needs. He lies and tricks people to get the money and things that he needs and is Darcy’s enemy in the book. b. Mrs. Bennet – The mother of the five girls, Mrs. Bennet wishes for all her daughters to be married rich and have the happiest life they can. She is over reactive and tries to control the girls in all that they do.

5. Three main settings and one sentence description of each. 1. The time setting in this book is in the 1700’s. 2. The area setting is in England. 3. The book is placed during a time of war. We know this because of the Militia in the book.

6. One paragraph plot summary focusing on main events. Elizabeth Bennet, also known as Lizzie, and her four sisters are all trying to find a husband with a lot of money and protection. Lizzie, however, wishes to fall in love no matter what the circumstance. In the beginning of the novel, when Lizzie and Jane meet Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, Jane immediately falls in love with Bingley; however, does not show it. Lizzie and Darcy start off the novel seeming as though they hate each other. Mr. Darcy is proud and does not care for her class because he feels it is beneath him, and Lizzie, being prejudiced, immediately writes him off as being an arrogant man. Though the story, Bingley and Jane are separated because Mr. Darcy believes that she is only playing with his heart, due to the fact that she doesn’t show emotions well. Jane meets Mr. Whickam, a young man in the militia, and falls for him. She believes the story about how Mr. Darcy refuses to give Mr. Whickam his money after his father left him the estate, which is in fact true but details are left out. From the beginning, Mr. Darcy feels as though Lizzie has bewitched him heart and soul. He fights it because she is beneath his class, but he feels as though he has never met a women like her. He proposes to her, saying that he is going against his better judgment to love someone like Lizzie. She, not knowing, the whole truth, denies him and tells him of his arrogance for ripping apart her sister and Mr. Bingley and also how he treated Mr. Whickam. He writes her a letter telling her the whole truth, where she finally understands that Mr. Darcy is a better man than she had imagined. In the end, Jane ends up with Mr. Bingley after Mr. Darcy convinces him to do so. Also, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, going against what is usually done by their classes, fall in love and get married.

7. Two symbols and what they refer to in the novel. a. The Class system of England. The Class’ are what separate Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth from being perfectly happy together without struggle. Because of these class’, Mr. Darcy has doubts on falling in love with Elizabeth because of her lower status. These class’ refer to the struggle of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth to get together.

b. The Piano. This represents how young ladies were expected to have these talents of drawing and playing music. Although this is expected, Elizabeth barely practices and she relates this to Mr. Darcy by telling him that he needs to practice speaking to people.

8. Two to three sentences on style – point of view, organization, tone, dialogue, imagery, etc. 1. The point of view of the novel is told through the eyes of Elizabeth Bennet but not in first person. It switches because of the dialogue in the novel.

2. The tone of the novel is comedic and serious. As you go through the novel, stories such as Mr. Collins proposal are comedic. When you get to serious times, the authors tone changes.

3. Rather than having major description in the novel, it contains dialogue to better portray the characters personalities. The dialogue is what shows us how the characters act in the different situations rather than having to have it explained in the novel.

9. Two or three sentences on the dominant philosophy or theme. The dominant philosophy or theme of the novel is that love can conquer the class struggle. Throughout the novel, this theme is shown by both Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth and also Mr. Bingley and Jane. When you have the love, the class or money or everything else does not matter.

10. Four short quotations that were important in the novel. Include the speaker, an explanation of the quote, and the page number.

a. “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men”. This is ironic because this is the first time that Mr. Darcy ever looks at Elizabeth, and to give such a cold remark as this is setting us up for what might happen in this novel. (Mr. Darcy, 9)

b. “Pride relates more to our opinions of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us”. Mary says this as they talk about the Pride that Mr. Darcy has because of all his money and prospects. This quote sets us up for the pride that we find in both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy.”(Mary, 18)

c.“Why did you choose to tell me that you loved me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?” This quote by Elizabeth is when Mr. Darcy is proposing for the first time. This quote resembles how Mr. Darcy is going against his ‘judgment’ of Lizzie, or his prejudice of the lower class. He is bewitched, and chooses to love her for reasons that he still does not know. (Elizabeth, 139)

d.“I love him. Indeed, he has no improper pride. He is perfectly amiable. You do not know what he really is; then pray do not pain me by speaking of him in such terms”. As the book comes to a close, we come to the knowledge of the overcoming of these prejudices and prides by Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. They have conquered the classes, and are together by love which is the theme of the novel.