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    the own family can be important for the choice of husband and wife. It is not appropriate for the daughter to choose whoever she likes for her husband‚ which she- if she wants a happy marriage- is not very likely to do. Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice presents five married couples. No two are alike. In the novel we see different reasons for marriage between the different matches made in the novel. Austen reveals many messages through her characters on her major theme‚ being marriage. Elizabeth

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    Analytical Essay: Pride & Prejudice The progress between Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s relationship‚ in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) illustrates and explores several the key themes in the novel. Their relationship highlights class expectations‚ pride and prejudice‚ and marriage‚ and how they play a major role in determining the course of their association. These are outlined through their first prejudiced dislike of each other when they first meet‚ the stronger feelings for Elizabeth

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    has never seen will visit Mr. William Collins‚ who will inherit Mr. Bennet’s property. Mr. Collins is a clergyman whom the wealthy noblewoman Lady Catherine de Bourgh has recently selected to serve her parish. His letter as Mr. Bennet said contains “a mixture of servility and self-importance‚” and his personality is similar. He arrives at Longbourn and apologizes for being entitled to the Bennets’ property but spends much of his time admiring and complimenting the house that will one day be his. At

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    time‚ but also leads to a deeper understanding and recognition of the societal ideals of each author’s respective context. Through exploring the intertextual connections between ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (1813)‚ a comedy of manners delving into the Georgian-England era by Jane Austen‚ and Fay Weldon’s epistolary novel‚ ‘Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen’ (1984)‚ responders mend the contextual gap by reflecting on the evolution of ideals‚ as it gives the opportunity to evaluate and amend previous

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    CHAPTERS I-II/ 1 –2 What is the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet? How does Austen convey the tone Mr. Bennet uses with his wife? Mr. Bennet is often annoyed with Mrs. Bennet. Mr and Mrs Bennet’s relationship is formal and she only wants him to do what she wants. Why is Mrs. Bennet so interested in the young man’s arrival? Her soul purpose in life is to wed her daughters off. The young man seems very suitable. CHAPTERS III-VI/ 3 -6 Despite Bingley’s appearance as a most eligible bachelor

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    ways in which changes in context lead to changed values being reflected in texts. Weldon’s Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen (Letters to Alice) is an epistolary novel containing a series of letters from Aunt Fay to her niece Alice who is currently studying English Literature at college. Alice has been told to read Jane Austen but thinks that Austen is “boring‚ petty and irrelevant” (Letters to Alice‚ Page 7). Aunt Fay attempts to convince Alice to read Jane Austen by talking about the

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    about to spend their time reading about. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is an example of a novel with such a title that is very significant in the development of the story. As the reader proceeds through the book‚ the significance of the title becomes more obvious. Using only three words‚ Austen is able to tie together the main components of the novel‚ such as character descriptions and a basic plot summary. The title Pride and Prejudice is effective in narrowing down all words used to describe

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    Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth. One of the main themes that Austen is trying to convey through this passage is to avoid judging people and their actions superficially by the revealing of truth and motives through the setting of the letter where Darcy seek to explain himself and seek Elizabeth’s understanding. We can see Darcy’s attempt when he wrote “I shall hope to be secured in future‚ when the following account of my actions and their motives has been read.” (150-151‚ Pride and Prejudice) His justification

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    The importance of this quotation in terms of this paper is that it demonstrates the person Elizabeth was before witnessing transcendence. This quotation demonstrates Elizabeth’s classical nature‚ her resentment towards Darcy‚ and even her prejudices. The way in which Elizabeth speaks towards Darcy is in a calm‚ but cold manner. Elizabeth attempts to wound Darcy’s pride through stating that he means nothing to her and even if he did‚ the injustice he has had towards both her family and herself has

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    Jane Austen ’s _Pride and Prejudice_ Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist‚ who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life and whose works have set her among the most widely read writes in English Literature. Daughter of a Church rector‚ she lived most of her life in the enclosed circle of the country middle-class‚ which constituted the main source of inspiration for her work. She created the comedy of manners which is

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