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    The name of the book: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Plot summary: Pride and Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the late 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife. The Bennets had 5 daughters: the beautiful Jane‚ the clever Elizabeth‚ the bookish Mary‚ the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately for the Bennets‚ if Mr. Bennet dies their

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    Azzedine 3   Stefa Azzedine Mrs. Barr March 25‚ 2010 Essay: Pride and Prejudice               Jane Austen introduces the theme of marriage in the opening sentence‚ “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (1).  Austen admonished this reasoning and believed that one should only marry for love.  She believed that marriage should not occur on the grounds of superficial feelings‚ pressures to marry‚ or wealth and social

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    Pride and Prejudice Paper Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice is a satiric English novel written by Jane Austen. Satire is a work that blends a censorious attitude with humor and wit for improving human institutions or humanity. Darcy and Lady Catherine are wealthy people who treat the poor differently than people of the same class as them. Mr. Collins is a middle class man who is a cousin of the Bennet girls. Pride and Prejudice should be considered a satiric novel because Jane Austen

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    Pride and Prejudice is known to hold one of the most perfect love stories in English literature. The struggle for love between Darcy and Elizabeth‚ as in any good love story is one where the two must get away from and overcome a number of situations before they can‚ beginning with the tensions caused by their own personal qualities. Joe Wright (the producer of the film) makes us see the hardship their love endures throughout the movie with camera angles changing and music setting the type of mood

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    . Through Jane Austen’s portrayal of the actions of certain characters in the setting of the regency period in Pride and Prejudice‚ she highlights how women of the era accepted restrictions and repercussions that were thrust upon them without fighting back. The set of rules that highlights these restriction resides

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    Pride and Prejudice Marriage Essay From the beginning lines of Pride and Prejudice‚ marriage is expressed as a central theme of the novel. Austen even makes the bold statement that “it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune‚ must be in want of a wife” (1). Throughout the novel‚ the question arises whether marriage is meant for love or for wealth and social status. Although Austen presents both sides of this argument in the text‚ marrying

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    The use of Chance & Coincidence in Pride & Prejudice By Jane Austen The plot of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice relies heavily on what we call chance and coincidence. Jane Austen’s prime objective seemed to be establishing circumstances‚ through “chance and coincidence” which enabled opportunities for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth to get together. She used major characters such as Mr. Collins‚ Mr. Wickham and Mrs. Gardiner to appear at the exact moment they were needed to establish situations that

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    "Maid Marian" and so on are the vehicles of attacks on the cranks and the fads of his day.but very few writers have exploited all possible resources of irony as Jane Austen.It may not be an exaggeration to say that Jane Austen is nothing if not ironical.Irony is her very forte;it is in fact the very soul of her art. Pride and Prejudice‚ for instance‚ is steeped in irony.To put it in other words‚ it is an artistic blend of ironic and dramatic design.almost everything in this novel‚ be it related

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    The Role of Minor Characters in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Perhaps the most striking part of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is her mastery of characters and the effects that each has on the plot‚ themes‚ and the other characters’ actions. Though her minor characters are much less visible than the major ones‚ she still uses them as an integral part of the novel by weaving them into situations to enhance the plot and themes. Caroline Bingley is first introduced with the crowd of her brother

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    Name: Gary Dillon Professor: English 102 Date: April 24‚ 2013 Mr. Collins is a character in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. He is the cousin of Mr. Bennet and is the clergyman at the Hunsford parsonage near Rosing’s Park‚ the estate of his patroness Lady Catherine De Bourgh. Because Mr. Bennet has no sons‚ Mr. Collins is the heir to the Bennet estate‚ Longbourn. Mr. Collins is twenty five years old and is described simply as being tall and heavy. An insensible man‚ he was raised

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