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    1800s. Each decade has experienced a new breakthrough‚ whether it was watching Amelia Earhart fly across the Atlantic or Queen Elizabeth I take over the English monarchy. With each new record we break or prize we win‚ the women of the twenty first century are shattering the idea of the masculine society‚ and modernizing our customs to fit the ideals of the present day. Jane Austen‚ an activist herself‚ lived deep within the rules of a masculine society. With the gender rules clearly defined‚ women

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    studied two interpretations of your work Pride and Prejudice‚ Mr Darcy was my particular favourite because of his interesting combination in personality traits; arrogant however pleasantly thoughtful. Tall and handsome‚ Mr Darcy had pride in high places and was blind to call his future lover‚ Elizabeth barely tolerable and handsome enough. I was most certainly enchanted by Mr Darcy as he conserved himself very awkwardly‚ especially when adjoining Elizabeth. I highly enjoyed the lack of emotion that

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    the public eye.” This quote by Antonia Fraser reflects the idea survival and recognition in society for women used to prominently be by marriage. Jane Austen represented this method of acknowledgement within several marriage proposals in Pride and Prejudice. Many of these relations defied societal expectations‚ especially through the protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet. Crucial marriage proposals throughout this novel embodied the work’s uncivilized free and wild thinking. These propositions centralized

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    Joe Wright’s 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Has Joe Write brought this classic love story back to life for modern society‚ or diminished the novels essence through simplifying the original text? Through evaluation of the creative choices made when converting a novel to film‚ it is evident that the director has successfully captured the significance and nuances of power relationships as communicated in ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Converting the 61 chapter novel to a

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    The first scene that will show our audience will be when Mr. Darcy meets Elizabeth for the first time at the ball. He was no attracted to her at all and thought very poorly of her. But‚ closer to the end‚ we have found out that his feelings have changed from their first appearance. This change in feeling of Mr. Darcy brought us to our next scene that will be a turning point because Mr. Darcy explains his love for Elizabeth. This scene we will talk about the letter that was written that has the explanation

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    Pride and Prejudice   Out of the many Movies that are out these days‚ we see many similar themes and ideas that go throughout the story. Yet‚ out of all these movies‚ one particularly came into my sight‚ Pride and Prejudice. This is a story following back all the way to the 19th century and beside the fact that there are many great celebrities there to make this movie much better‚ what makes this a great movie is that it tells a wonderful love story of a skeptical girl and a arrogant man that eventually

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    see. Jane Austen‚ being one of them‚ took a stance on upper class society in 19th Century England‚ by mocking the standards of the elites. By using irony and humor to do so‚ Ms. Austen grabs the reader’s attention‚ by having characters that are relatable to readers in her time and to readers all over the world. An example of that is Pride and Prejudice by showing how different characters throughout the novel view the society’s norm‚ whether they think it is right or wrong. Some characters in the

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    number of conflicts in Pride and Prejudice. One of the long drawn out ones is between Mr and Mrs.Bennet. Their personalities are so different‚ their entire marriage is a conflict. The other primary one is between Elizabeth and Darcy. With their pride and prejudice‚ they are never able to see the truth about each other till half way through the story. Wickham has a turbulent past and has clashed swords with Darcy more than once before. Lady Catherine de Bourgh has a tiff with Elizabeth. Caroline competes

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    The Foils of Jane Eyre

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    The Foils of Jane Though Blanche‚ from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ thinks that opposites attract and thus that she will marry Rochester‚ Brontë has different ideas about foils. Near the end of the novel Jane marries Rochester effectively quieting Blanche’s ideas. However‚ Brontë does use foils in the novel for a different reason. She uses characters will opposite personalities to reveal more about them‚ and to keep the reader from overlooking many of the major characters’ traits. For instance

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    In Pride and Prejudice‚ Austen ridicules the values of her society as well as the expectations set for women using her characterization of women to demonstrate that the constant degradation of a woman leads to her accentuating unflattering behaviors and mirroring the flaws of society. The lives of young women‚ such as Lydia and Charlotte‚ revolved around marriage. Women were expected to be courteous‚ act appropriately at all times‚ and most importantly‚ every woman was expected to marry- even if

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