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    Elizabeth is nervous and excited as their carriage approaches Pemberley. Proper middle-class folk‚ like Elizabeth and her family‚ could visit grand estates belonging to people like Mr. Darcy. The housekeeper shows them around the house. Elizabeth is delighted with every beautiful detail and she can’t help thinking about how she might have been mistress of it all as Darcy’s wife. Then she checks herself‚ realizing she would not have been able to invite her beloved aunt and uncle to visit if she had

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    symbolize truth and lies. One character in The Crucible‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ remains honest throughout the entire situation that surrounds her. However‚ as an honest and loving Christian wife who passionately loves her husband‚ Elizabeth hides the truth when a dire situation arises‚ evidently leading to the demise of her husband. She realizes that the truth is something that must be continuously followed and one should never stray from it. Elizabeth Proctor is a symbol of truth because she values it as

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    on inherent love for one another‚ the bond between Elizabeth and Darcy revolves around status and wealth. The ball at Meryton is important because it is the first time the two couples‚ Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth and Mr. Bingley and Jane‚ are together. When Mr. Bingley is conversing with Mr. Darcy about the Bennets‚ Mr. Bingley states that Jane was “the most beautiful creature

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    significant reappraisal during the course of the novel. Explain how the reader is positioned to initially dislike and later approve of Jane Austen’s hero. Literature is consumed with romantic heroes. Jane Eyre’s Mr Rochester‚ Juliet’s Romeo‚ Elizabeth Bennet’s Mr Darcy… the list is endless. The character of Fitzwilliam Darcy in Jane Austen’s 1813 novel‚ “Pride and Prejudice” is an example of one of the most well known romantic figures in Western society. Although not initially popular‚ Mr Darcy

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    because of the matter of entailment. Meaning that the property of a father passes to a man rather than his daughters. Also‚ that matter of the entailment attracts men and leads men to search for a wealthy woman. In Pride and Prejudice except for Elizabeth women are seen in a search of a wealthy

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    pride‚ when he proposed to Elizabeth‚ it left her astonished beyond expression. In the short passage from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the author establishes a foil relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth through the use of narrative voice and the notion of pride. Austen uses a narrative voice to highlight the state of shock Elizabeth was in when Mr. Darcy proposed to her. Further‚ it also emphasizes on the foil relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. After he confronts her of

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    mediocre Charlotte results in a despicable marriage. Collins is a vulgar‚ pompous and rapacious man who is subservient to his parsoness and always arrogant before his inferiors. His pompous and rapacious character determines that his proposal to Elizabeth is a failure. His vulgar and servile character and his ridiculous concept of love lead to his quick marriage with Charlotte. Charlotte is a vain and mediocre girl. Her mediocre character and perception result in her marriage with Collins.   Her

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    Cheever also comes to the Proctor house and sees the poppet and tells Elizabeth that Abigail got stuck with a needle in the same spot a needle was found in the poppet. Elizabeth was hauled off to jail. Giles and Francis come to the Proctor house to tell John how their wives were taken to jail for count of witch craft. In Act Three‚ Giles wants to prove his wife

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    and when Mrs. Bennet hints that Jane may soon be engaged‚ he fixes his attention on Elizabeth. The day after his arrival‚ he accompanies the sisters to the town of Meryton‚ where they encounter one of Lydia’s officer friends‚ Mr. Denny. Denny introduces his friend‚ Mr. Wickham‚ who has just joined the military‚ and the young women find Wickham charming. While they converse Darcy and Bingley walk by‚ and Elizabeth notices that Wickham and Darcy are extremely cold to each other. Darcy and Bingley depart

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    themes are clearly signified through the character traits of the characters .For example‚ in the beginning of the novel‚ after a ball‚ Mr. Darcy said ‘she is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me’ to Mr. Bingley when they talking about Elizabeth Bennet. This situation gives the readers an imagery of Mr. Darcy feeling arrogance as he comes from a family of high status. The introduction of the story already indicates the idea of pride which is a theme in this novel. The theme of pride

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