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    studied medicine or had the right to vote‚ because they would not have the strength to do it‚" "It was the custom then for women and children not to attend funerals‚ which were considered a male province." Pg 6 /¶2 Pg 34 /¶2 (C) The women in this novel are dependent on men to handle political and economical duties. Today there are some countries were they prohibit women from attending certain events or doing certain tasks. In the novel‚ they demonstrate that females don’t have certain power

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    Sarcasm in Pride and Prejudice Criticising Social Class “It is a truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife” (1). The opening sentence of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice does not only contain the novel’s major topic of marriage‚ but also presents an important stylistic device the author has been using throughout the whole book: Sarcasm. For further argumentation‚ one would definitely have to define the meaning of “sarcasm”

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    5EN01 Name of book: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Black Cat Publishing Introduction of the author: Jane Austen was an English novelist of romantic fiction‚ which always set among the landed gentry. She wrote six novels in total‚ including Sense and Sensibility‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Mansfield Park‚ Emma‚ Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. We can usually see biting irony and social commentary in her books‚ and the plots highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure

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    Pride and Prejudice Analysis First impressions powerfully influence perceptions of people. Elizabeth’s initial judgment of Darcy keeps her from acknowledging the chemistry they have‚ creating an internal struggle between attraction and prejudice. The social class barriers that separate her and Darcy bind Elizabeth to her social status. Therefore‚ she becomes unwilling to recognize the attraction she has for him due to an inability to act on it. This internal struggle between attraction and prejudice

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    ENG4U June 17th‚ 2013 Pride and Prejudice has a great number of significant female characters‚ to which all of them are very original. Elizabeth Bennet‚ however‚ is different compared to all the other female characters. Jane Austen‚ the author of Pride and Prejudice‚ portrays the protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ as a new age woman through her being an uncharacteristic female‚ judgemental towards men opposed to women‚ and a lack of refinement. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Elizabeth Bennet is portrayed

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    and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are set in similar time period and feature protagonists who go through different struggles‚ but whose themes have some overlap. Honesty is a theme that is played out in both stories resulting in opposite consequences for the protagonists. The power of honesty can either hurt or enhance lives. The truth means ruination in Nora and Torvald’s marriage in A Doll’s House whereas the truth brings Elizabeth and Darcy together in Pride and Prejudice. Honesty in both male

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    between Pride and Prejudice and The Power of Myth In his work‚ The Power of Myth‚ Joseph Campbell postulates that people are "so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value" that they "forget that the inner value‚ the rapture that is being alive‚ is what it’s all about" (5). This statement‚ along with other underlying concepts of Campbell’s work‚ holds true‚ not only for modern readers‚ but also for the characters of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. By viewing Pride and Prejudice

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    Stated by Jane Austen in the novel Pride and Prejudice‚ “ There are few people whom I really love‚ and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see the world‚ the more I am dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters‚ and the little dependence that can be placed in the appearance of merit and sense” (Austen). No one fits into the idealistic world exactly. It is human nature to discriminate and conclude opinions on other people for their

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    In the society described in Jane Austen ’s Pride and Prejudice‚ money was as much a social currency as it was a means of exchange for goods and services. Money was often commensurate with social rank‚ yet there was a feeling against parvenus who worked for their fortunes. As the mark of an eligible bachelor or an avenue to gentility or a genteel career‚ money had a great part to play in the society in which Pride and Prejudice‚ a novel of manners‚ is set. "It is a truth universally acknowledged

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    I. Introduction Method: Setting the scene Thesis Statement:Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice illustrates several kinds of marriages‚ but the reader is left with the impression that marriages of love and suitability are the kinds of marriages for which one should wish. II. Body of the Paper A. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are unhappily married because their marriage is formed upon Mr. Bennet’s misjudgement of Mrs. Bennet’s intelligence and rational behavior. 1. Mr. Bennet constantly insults his wife

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