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    Max Railing Mr. Shanahan British Literature Honors December 11‚ 2012 Social class within Pride and Prejudice plays a key role throughout the novel. Social class not only determines where one is placed in the class structure‚ but also the amount of land‚ money‚ and potential suitor candidates. Where one is placed within the social hierarchy is based on what one does for a living and their social status as well. For instance‚ Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are considered ‘landed gentry‚’ meaning they do

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    Jane Austin uses the novel Pride and Prejudice to comment on both class and gender expectations within a fixed society. She questions both the class stratification of the time‚ and the unreasonable expectations placed on gender‚ and the inequality between males and females. Written in 1796‚ Austin lived during the regency period‚ in which the novel is based and understood both the issues she was commenting on. Austin used setting‚ and descriptions of the estates to give information on the characters

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    Pride and Prejudice Introduction A person frequently discovers himself in a variance with the system of society. Infrequently‚ rebelling is the pathway to happiness. However‚ generally‚ the actual way to happiness is through settlement. This is the way of society of England in the early 19th century in which Jane Austen wrote of Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen deliberately confines her description to the small tranquil world of the English landed gentry of her time‚ and takes love and marriage

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    Theme of love and marriage in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The intricate nexus of marriage‚ money and love in Jane Austen’s society is unfolded through the development of plots and characters of her novel Pride and Prejudice. In the nineteenth century’s rural England‚ marriage was a woman’s chief aim‚ both financially and socially. Financially because of women’s dependent position marriage was the "only honourable position"‚ infinitely preferable to the dependence of precarious shabby-genteel

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    Pride and Prejudice The first line of Pride and Prejudice reveals that a man who has money desires a wife. In the novel‚ Jane Austen criticizes British society and social expectations of the 19th century. Austen does this by her use of satire in her portrayal of her characters and in multiple situations. Her use of satire is to challenge the way things were in that time. Specific characters are the opposite of what they should be. However‚ some are just as they should be‚ and Austen pokes fun at

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    to Eleanor Roosevelt‚ Sandra Day O’Connor to Clara Barton‚ our world has progressed into a more equal and just place for women since the dark days of the 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

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    Marriage As A Social Contract In Jane Austen’s ‘Pride And Prejudice’ “.It is a truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife”. With these famous words‚ Jane Austen launched into what has come to be regarded by many as the greatest romance novel of all time. Written in late 1790’s England‚ in a time of radical social upheaval and political change‚ ‘Pride and Prejudice’ presents a mixed bag of social ideas relating to marriage‚ the

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    How does Jane Austen introduce Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy to the reader in the opening scenes? Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ published in 1813 is a novel that is acknowledged as a masterpiece. The opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice is famously ironic‚ “it is universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife”‚ this sentence is completely against Jane Austen’s characteristics; it states an opinion like it was fact; it’s a

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    PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Major Themes The pivotal theme is that marriage is important to individuals and society. Throughout the novel‚ the author describes the various types of marriages and reasons behind them. Marriage out of economic compulsions can be seen in Charlotte’s marriage to Collins. Marriage due to sensual pleasure can be seen in Lydia’s marriage. The marriage of Jane and Elizabeth are the outcome of true love between well-matched persons. Another major theme is that pride and prejudice

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    Elizabeth’s Pride and Darcy’s Prejudice? Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a timeless social comedy which is both satirical and full of sentiment. The title refers to the personalities of the two main characters and cues the reader to Austen’s broader thematic purpose: to satirize nineteenth century manners and morals‚ especially as they relate to courtship and manners. Although both characters contain both these traits‚ it is mainly Mr. Darcy who exemplifies ‘pride’

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