Collins‚ brings her into contact with Mr. Darcy‚ and leads to his first proposal. Her second journey takes her to Derby and Pemberley‚ where she fans the growing flame of her affection for Darcy. The third journey‚ meanwhile‚ sends various people in pursuit of Wickham and Lydia‚ and the journey ends with Darcy tracking them down and saving the Bennet family honor‚ in the process demonstrating his continued devotion to Elizabeth. * LOVE: between Darcy and Elizabeth. As in any good love story‚
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immediately tries to get one of her daughters to marry him. Mr. Bingley really likes the oldest and prettiest one of the five daughters‚ Jane‚ whom he eventually marries. Meanwhile‚ Bingley’s proud friend Darcy meets Elizabeth‚ who at first despises Mr. Darcy‚ and avoids him as much as possible. Though Darcy is rather cold and reserved at first‚ his fondness for Elizabeth grows and becomes more obvious. Convention‚ however‚ restricts his affection for her‚ as he is rich and high on the social ladder‚ and
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Lydia’s love‚ largely sensual‚ is pictured as a hollow kind of love between a senseless‚ vulgar flirt and a mean‚ unscrupulous man. In contrast‚ the love of Jane and Bingley is straightforward‚ simple‚ pure‚ and innocent. The relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth is a perfect match between two animated and intelligent adults who truly love‚ support‚ and respect one another. It is Jane Austen’s picture of the ideal marriage. | | Pride and prejudice are additional central concerns of Jane
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which shares commentary with the characters and moves unnoticeably and unobtrusively from character to group‚ from solitary scenes to social gatherings of the characters. The passage opens directly with dialogue between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. Dialogue is used to reveal the character of the speaker and it also adds drama to the story. The repetitious use of “cannot” is used to empathise the male dominance of the character. Not only are the words that are spoken important‚ it is also significant
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that our family is more important. 2. List three major characters and delineate each. a)Elizabeth Bennet - The econd of the Bennet daughters at twenty years old‚ she is intelligent‚ lively‚ attractive‚ and witty. b)Mr. Darcy - Twenty-eight years old and unmarried‚ Darcy is the wealthy owner of the famous family estate of Pemberley in Derbyshire. Handsome‚ tall‚ and intelligent. c)Jane Bennet - Twenty-two years old when the novel begins‚ she is considered the most beautiful young lady in the
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lovers; after an initial acrimonious encounter‚ they develop a deep intolerance of each other‚ and as a result‚ fail to recognize their inherent compatibility. Elizabeth Bennet‚ a spirited and sensible woman‚ is considered inferior by the proud Fitzwilliam Darcy because of her lower social class. Inevitably‚ this leads to Mr. Darcy’s prejudice towards Elizabeth‚ which in turn‚ causes her to take great personal offense due to her own immense pride. Consequently‚ the novel provides an intriguing‚ yet critical
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The place of unmarried women in British society was determined by their social status and the size of their dowries. Married women had more freedom and influence than unmarried women‚ and their positions were defined by the rank and wealth of their husbands. Unmarried women could be respected and influential‚ only if they were of high birth and had a great deal of money. Women of the low gentry‚ who were unlucky enough to have small dowries (or no dowries at all)‚ were relegated to borderline poverty
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Jane Austen “On Women” In her role as a 19th century female author‚ Jane Austen has a privilege that many other women of her time do not have. She skillfully engages her audience and draws them toward her views of life through the characters she employs in her novels. Austen masterfully utilizes satire in her writings. As she portrays characters and circumstances‚ irony is her chief literary technique. The plots and themes of her novels are intensified as readers view the situations from the view
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Part One The Background of Two Characters Pride and prejudice and A Dream of Red Mansions almost exist in the same time‚ although their authors belong to different countries. With the development of the history‚ the two works attract more and more people. 1.1 The Basic Relationship of Pride and Prejudice Pride and prejudice’s author would like to choose the daily life as the material‚ which is in stark contrast as for the popular sentimental novels and the affectation of writing methods. It vividly
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was once a tradition which had developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that awarded a central role in human aspirations and conduct to man’s need for approbation‚ self-esteem‚ and the desire of distinction and superiority” (662). Fitzwilliam Darcy faces these traditions‚ and the weight on a wealthy-man’s shoulders to uphold society’s norms. “Greed” and “pride” were once defined as social ways for a man to tame his
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