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    By: Dena Grade 9 27/08/08 Pride And Prejudice Why is Elizabeth so anxious to distrust Mr. Darcy at the start of the novel‚ and instead trust Mr. Wickham? First impressions are not always important; even though a lot of people base their whole opinion on a person through their first impression. Most times the first impression of someone is not the way they truly are. You may think‚ at first‚ that a person is‚ for example‚ mean. But as you get to know them better‚ you see their real intentions

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    Perley Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a complex novel mixing romance with comedy with an unprecedented quality of realism. Austen’s techniques require the reader to pay close attention and to actively interpret what it is they are reading unlike other light novels which you can passively work your way through. Pride and Prejudice is centrally concerned with the ideals and necessities of marriage in the early nineteenth century. Austen used a variety of features to make the novel Pride and Prejudice

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    Jack Borde 10 November 2014 English 342 Professor Goldberg Marxism in Pride and Prejudice In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the plot focuses on the Bennet family and their five unmarried daughters. In this novel‚ the main idea that Jane Austen presents is that societal hierarchies are constructed through money and that people behave and act in correspondence with their wealth. This main theme or idea directly corresponds with Karl Marx’s theory of Marxism. While Marxism came after the first

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    Elizabeth Bennet is arguably one of Jane Austen’s most memorable characters. Her bold nature and clever wits especially cause for her to be noteworthy character. These traits guide Elizabeth’s actions throughout the novel and contribute to the conflict between her and other characters‚ particularly Mr. Darcy and Lady Catherine. Elizabeth is the second child of the five Bennet sisters and is characterized as a young woman with "something more of quickness than her sisters.” She is considered as a

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    mentioned quote from Charles Bressler’s textbook‚ Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice‚ highlights one fundamental aspect of feminist criticism: patriarchy. Patriarchy can be seen in Jane Austen’s novel in the form of the existing system of entailment. Entailment in Pride and Prejudice‚ the restriction of future ownership of real estate to particular descendants‚ is limited solely to male heirs. As Mr. Bennet has no male children‚ his estate will be entailed to Mr. Collins as opposed

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    their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life." This is a quote from Charlotte Lucas‚ one of the female characters in the novel‚ and a quote which very well exemplify the general feelings against marriage for the period and the people in upper-class England. Marriage is central for all characters in the novel: not

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    Free Study Guide: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Free BookNotes Previous Page | Table of Contents | Next Page Downloadable / Printable Version PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: ONLINE STUDY GUIDE THEMES Major Themes The pivotal theme is that marriage is important to individuals and society. Throughout the novel‚ the author describes the various types of marriages and reasons behind them. Marriage out of economic compulsions can be seen in Charlotte’s marriage to Collins. Marriage due

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    Way for Elizabeth and Darcy’s Engagement in Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen uses letters in Pride and Prejudice for a number of reasons‚ (such as character development and plot) however‚ I feel the most important function is the role they play in the engagement of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. There are three letters in particular that pave the way for this engagement: Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth‚ Jane’s letter to Elizabeth while she is at Pemberley and Mrs. Gardiner’s letter to Elizabeth regarding

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    Mr Collins is introduced to us for the first time in Chapter 13‚ possibly one of the most famous chapters of the novel. This is the chapter in which Mr. Bennet reads “the letter” out loud to his family. This letter gives us the most fundamental impression on Mr Collins’ character. The contents of this letter makes us judge him straight away and this judgement marks the image we have of this clergyman for the whole story. As soon as his name is mentioned by Mr Bennet at the start of Chapter 13‚

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    The pragmatic Charlotte Lucas does not have a romantic concept of matrimony‚ however deems marriage to the most disagreeable‚ pompous‚ Mr Collins as the best alternative for a ‘woman of small fortune’ in her society. Through her dispassionate materialistic rhetoric she states; ‘I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr Collins character‚ connections‚ and situation in life‚ I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair‚ as most people can boast on entering the marriage state

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