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    Q. Pride and Prejudice is concerned with various aspects of love and marriage. Discuss. “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen‚ was written in 1797‚ when women were still dependent on men for their livelihood and marriage was a tool for women of the time to get settled in comfortable households. During the turn of 19th century in England‚ balls were one of the places to socialise‚ in other words‚ an opportunity for most young women to look for suitable husbands. Many of the Jane Austen novels centre

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    standard of the author Jane Austen. Her only concern would be that Cinderella and Prince Charming don’t confide in each other like Elizabeth and Darcy do in Pride and Prejudice. The couple’s relationship is ideal in the eyes of Jane Austen‚ and so they have the most successful relationship in Austen’s novel. In the Jane Austen novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ relationships need to possess romantic love‚ confidence‚ and wealth to be successful.

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    Sibling discord in both Much Ado About nothing and Pride & Prejudice can be seen as a result of a rivalry that has been fostered due to the inequality of Social Status and consequently a desire to ascend in the Social Hierarchy. Shakespeare’s depiction of the conflict and increasing tension between Don John and Don Pedro is representative of their disparity of the class and reputation due to Don John’s illegitimate birth. Hence Don John’s impassioned declaration that he has ‘Decreed not to sing in

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    Death of a Salesman - Context (historical‚ social‚ political and cultural) Death of a Salesman is a play that consists of a HISTORICAL background which is key to understanding the play. It was written in 1949‚ just a few years after the World War ll was over‚ meaning the United States‚ where the play occurs‚ was going through many changes. For example‚ the war caused an increase in industrial production markets and non-farming business. For the poorest Americans‚ however‚ the economic situation

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    others and this synchronization does not affected by the learners’ native language‚ age or any condition of exposure. Using a case study approach we will observe whether this claim is valid in Bangladeshi context or not. To examine that how the Natural Order Hypothesis works in Bangladeshi context‚ we have chosen some Bangladeshi people from different ages. Some the students of first semester and second semester of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. We have asked them to answer some certain

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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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    Critical Analysis of James Sherry’s Pride and Prejudice: The Limits of Society In this critical analysis James Sherry comes across a few critics that mention the word society and what it means in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. According to Sherry the meaning that critics like Walton Litz give society is that it’s “sociological attraction-an institution‚ a set of laws‚ or a tradition”. (pg 610) Sherry feels that for Jane Austen the word had a different meaning‚ and supports his idea

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    In her novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen introduces two contradicting characters‚ Miss Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Charles Darcy. In the beginning‚ Austen paints Elizabeth as a benevolent character‚ while she portrays Darcy as arrogant and judgmental. According to Butler‚ however‚ their distinctions fade and more similarities emerge as the book progresses. Butler describes these similarities as discovered by Elizabeth “whenever [she] discusses Darcy’s faults” (Butler 223). Despite their recently

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    and would put others before me all of the time with no questions asked. But as I grew older I wandered away from that‚ and became very prideful. I would always say that it was just me having self confidence‚ but that was just my way of hiding my pride from myself and others. When I was in high school the boys soccer team was very underappreciated. We always had a solid squad‚ and always did well during the regular season and the post season. We made many enemies with other teams from our school

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    Read the passage from Pride and Prejudice (volume 1‚ chapter XVII) carefully several times. Then‚ in an continuous essay of no more than 1‚000 words‚ analyse the passage‚ discussing ways in which the narrative voice and dialogue are used. Throughout the passage‚ Jane Austen uses a variety of different narrative and dialogue techniques. The reader hears from three different people‚ an omniscient narrator‚ Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Bennet. Through these characters the technique of “showing”

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