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    the letter where Darcy seek to explain himself and seek Elizabeth’s understanding. We can see Darcy’s attempt when he wrote “I shall hope to be secured in future‚ when the following account of my actions and their motives has been read.” (150-151‚ Pride and Prejudice) His justification and explanation is vital in the story as it will lead to the turning point in the novel where Elizabeth realized the reasons behind his actions which she accused him of and changed her opinion and attitude towards him

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    |Relationships of Reality | |[An analysis of marriages present in Jane Austen’s Pride and | |Prejudice] | | | | | |

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    Nordhorn AP English 12 14 August 2013 Pride and Prejudice: Love Love is the conquering theme in Pride and Prejudice. The love story between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy gives rise to the theme that love can conquer over pride‚ prejudice‚ and even social hierarchies. Jane Austen uses the novel in order to propose that true love is precious and can conquer all things. Initially‚ Austen develops the theme by having love conquer Mr. Darcy’s pride. Mr. Darcy is at first cold and uninterested

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    In the first few chapters of ‘Pride and Prejudice’‚ Jane Austen portrays Fitzwilliam Darcy as: “so high and conceited”‚ “a most disagreeable man” and possessed of “shocking madness”. This is conveyed to the audience through Elizabeth Bennet’s eavesdropping and the Bennet family’s first impression of Darcy. At the start of ‘Macbeth’ however‚ the central character‚ Macbeth‚ is portrayed by William Shakespeare as a hero. In Scotland he is loved‚ trusted and admired: “Oh valiant cousin‚ worthy gentleman”

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    What attitudes to love and marriage does Jane Austen explore in Pride and Prejudice? Can you identify Jane Austen’s own view? Jane Austen’s novel of Pride and Prejudice is set in the early 19th century and the central theme of the novel is love and marriage. Marriage was viewed very differently in those days and each character in her novel has different views of marriage. Marriage to women gave status and independence as women could not acquire money on their own without inheriting

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    http://www.pemberley.com http://voices.yahoo.com http://www.bookrags.com www.spartacus.schoolnet.co Marriage :- Marriage(also called matrimony or wedlock) is a social union or legal contract between people called spouses that establishes rights and obligations between the spouses‚ between the spouses and their children‚ and between the spouses and their in-laws.The definition of marriage varies according to different cultures. It takes a considerable leap of the imagination for a woman

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    Can a person’s pride be the cause of someone’s death? Pride can be a wonderful and horrible thing. In The Scarlet Ibis pride was terrible. The narrator had a bit too much pride and it caused horrible things for his younger brother Doodle. Doodle was different. He was born with a caul‚ his head was big‚ his body was red and shriveled‚ he was supposed to die at a young age‚ and he couldn’t walk. All the narrator wanted was a normal brother‚ obviously he didn’t get what he wanted. In the story the narrator

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    Bishkek Humanities University named after K. Karasaev The Faculty of European Civilizations The English Language Department “Peculiarities of the Lexical Stylistic devices (Metaphor‚ metonymy‚ irony‚ simile‚ epithet) in the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen” DIPLOMA PAPER Scientific Supervisor: E. B. Jumakeeva Done by: Satarova Rahat‚ group: A08-2 Contents: Pages: Introduction

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    Pride and Prejudice-Satirical Essay: The Limitation of the Choices of Women in Marriage‚ Property‚ and Independence Over the years the role women have occupied in society has drastically changed. In present times women are at the liberty to accomplish virtually any ambitions they have for themselves. However in prior time periods women were not allowed such freedom in their aspirations of the future. Nineteenth Century England‚ known as the Regency Era‚ is an example of one these time periods

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    and love you." (130) “Her astonishment […] that he should have been in love with her so many months! So much love as to wish to marry her in spite of all objections‚ which had made him prevent his friend’s marring her sister […] But his pride‚ his abominable pride. “ (151) Volume 3 “[Mrs. Bennet} was a women of mean understanding‚ little information‚ and uncertain temper. When she was discontented she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace

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