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    Role of Women in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Letters to Alice’ Fay Weldon’s ‘Letters to Alice on First reading Jane Austen’‚ through the didactic literary form of an epistolic novel‚ serves to encourage a heightened understanding of the role of women in Jane Austen’s social‚ cultural and historical context‚ and also aims to present the parallels of women in both texts. In doing so‚ it inspires the modern responder to adopt a more sincere appreciation for the perspectives of Austen and Weldon of women

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    American Revolution meant many things for the people of England. As with any war‚ it brought the people of the nation together whilst pushing them further apart simultaneously. The connection of this era of time to the literary viewpoint of Pride and Prejudice is directly correspondent to the overwhelming issues of this period. Austen’s book challenges the reader of any generation by challenging the accepted status quo of the 18th century‚ and thus challenging the status quo of any era. During this

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    British Literature Hinkley 8 Dec. 2012 Personal Response Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ is a great representation of how life in the 1800s would have been. Placement in society played a major role and most of her characters only did what society permitted them to do. The people who you were surrounded around either broke you or made you an influence on the town. The women seemed to look only for someone to marry them‚ not for someone to love them. The women in this novel‚ searched

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    MONEY AND MARRIAGE IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE One of the main themes in this novel is that of marriage‚ and its close relation with money. The novel opens with a famous sentence‚ that not only shows the underlying humour that the story will contain‚ but also one of the views on marriage of Austen’s time: that money is essential to begin a marriage. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." By saying it is universally acknowledged’

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    In Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Lady Catherine’s dialogue‚ appearance‚ and actions portray her as a supercilious and domineering person. Lady Catherine is described to be a “tall‚ large woman‚ with strongly features.” Her “strongly marked features” symbolize her high and superior social status in society. Her “tall” figure is representative of her high position in the hierarchy of social class as compared to other women in society. Furthermore‚ Lady Catherine’s supercilious personality

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    Animal Farm‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”‚ selected for this research paper. The three pieces of literature from each of the three different time periods help present England from the late 13th century to the early 20th century and speculate the relevance of message to today’s society. The three pieces of work also display the authors’ motivations for writing through the major events of the historical time periods. Through the three pieces of literature‚ Animal Farm; Pride and Prejudice;

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    of certain characters in the setting of the regency period in Pride and Prejudice‚ she highlights how women of the era accepted restrictions and repercussions that were thrust upon them without fighting back. The set of rules that highlights these restriction resides

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    A.P. English 26 August 2013 Differing Types and Consequences of Marriage in Pride and Prejudice Marriage in the United States in the 2000’s differs greatly with marriage in nineteenth century England. While women of the United States have the liberty of choosing how they want to live their life‚ women who lived in England in the 1800’s did not have this independence. During that time‚ a woman’s most important‚ and sometimes only duty was to marry‚ and she regularly felt the pressure of marriage

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    kept his outfit simple and business like‚ with a suit. I also decided to use the same colors that I used in Eurydice’s costume. With the suit jacket I went for a common pea coat/blazer look. I knew I wanted the suit to mainly be Gray‚ so it would contrast with Eurydice’s mainly Navy skirt and jacket. To give of the thickness I wanted the suit fabric is a Gray Cotton Canvas. Under the jacket is a white button down and a simple Navy silk tie‚ giving it a professional and classic look. For shoes he

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    truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife‚" (1) "The business of [Mrs. Bennet’s] life [is] to get her daughters married." (3) "An unhappy alternative is before you‚ Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins‚ and I will never see you again if you do." (78) Volume 2 "Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all." (107) "In

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