Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen‚ first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners‚ upbringing‚ morality‚ education‚ and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire‚ near London. Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century‚ it retains
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added. The mean understanding of Mrs. Bennet and the sarcastic humour of Mr. Bennet have already been revealed in their dialogues before the direct comment of the novelist. Similarly before she tells us about Mr. Collins‚ we have already become aware from his letter that he is not a sensible man. Though Jane Austen does not conceive her characters in pairs yet her characters are revealed through comparison and contrast with others. Lady Catherine and Mrs. Bennet balance each other in their vulgarity
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Pride and Prejudice Memory: The first main event is the ball at Meryton‚ where Jane Bennet meets Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth Bennet sees Mr. Darcy. Jane Bennet dances with Mr. Bingley twice and Elizabeth’s first impression of Mr. Darcy is that he is very proud. Almost a month later‚ Mr. Collins‚ who is a cousin to Mr. Bennet‚ visits the Bennet’s household and proposes to Elizabeth. Elizabeth declines his offer‚ though. Jane soon receives a letter from Miss. Bingley stating that their family
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exaggerate a character in order to make fun of them. Austen exaggerates many of her characters and therefore makes caricatures of them in order to emphasize their ridiculousness. Mrs. Bennet is such a character. Her extremely unpleasant manner and reactions causes readers to delight in the situations which Mrs. Bennet places herself into. Mrs. Bennet’s harsh tongue and simple mind causes the reader to laugh‚ because it is so exaggerated that the reader thinks that such a person cannot exist. Mr.
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of charity. The heroine‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ is the second of five daughters. Her father is a member of the low gentry; he inherited an entailment of money‚ house‚ and land‚ but he is not wealthy. Mr. Bennet receives a limited income from a farm that he owns‚ but does not work himself. Since he has no son‚ (and only males can inherit entailments)‚ all that he owns will be inherited by a distant male relative (Mr. Collins). Mrs. Bennet has very little money‚ leaving Elizabeth and her four sisters with
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and the cardinal virtues of CS Lewis‚ we are able to exactly understand good virtues Austin mentions. Elizabeth Bennet‚ the second of five daughters in Bennet’s family‚ is characterized as a successful woman from Jane Austin’s description‚ as she contains not only three cardinal virtues prudence‚ temperance and fortitude‚ but also generosity‚ truthfulness and thoughtfulness. Elizabeth is lovely‚ witty‚ confident‚ well-behave and thoughtful lady‚ for which she wins lots of admiration in her community
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case in the early nineteenth century England setting of Pride and Prejudice‚ by Jane Austen. In the novel‚ Miss Elizabeth Bennet is a lively‚ independent woman‚ whose family ’s financial situation and whose strong mindedness suggest that she may never marry. Mr. Darcy‚ is a rigid and proper man‚ who falls in love with Elizabeth‚ despite their differences. By the end of the novel‚ Elizabeth and Darcy learn to compromise‚ and‚ in doing so‚ become truly happy. In marrying‚ they not only fulfill themselves
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three different people‚ an omniscient narrator‚ Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Bennet. Through these characters the technique of “showing” is used‚ which involved direct speech and “telling” where the narrator describes what is happening‚ what the characters are saying and how they are feeling. The “showing” technique allows the reader to see what the characters are saying to each other‚ so in this passage‚ the reader ‘sees’ the conversation between Elizabeth and Jane. “Telling” involves the use of free
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Mr. Bennet: he lives in Longbourn‚ a village‚ with his five daughters. His favourite is Elizabeth. He considers his other daughters as silly and empty-headed and Lizzy‚ as he called Elizabeth‚ the cleverest. He has an odd character Mrs. Bennet: in her youth she was a beautiful woman but now that she has grow-up daughters she stops thinking in her own beauty and thinks of her daughter’s future. She has been married for almost twenty-three years but she never could understand her husband odd’s character
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would rather be economically comfortable than in love. This leads her to feel dissatisfied with her marriage. It is not only Charlotte who is slightly displeased‚ for Collins is as well. He proposed to Elizabeth Bennet before he did so to Charlotte. It was when he was turned down by Elizabeth that he asked for Charlotte’s hand in marriage. This being so‚ he lives with his second choice of partner‚ resulting in an unfulfilling marriage. While marriage for wealth does provide perks‚ it leaves
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