Emma final commentary Jane Austen’s writing style includes short and sweet sentences however they are packed with a lot of information‚ including metaphors and motifs. Personally‚ I found it hard to follow Austen’s writing because in order to understand her subtle messages in between the lines‚ one would have to be super alert and read every word and the connotation that of every word. Also‚ one writing tool that Austen uses well is free-indirect discourse. Free indirect discourse is when the
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Jane Austen’s novels at first glance tell a story of romance set primarily within the landowning society amidst country estates‚ and their cultivation of tea parties‚ social outings‚ and extravagant balls; ladies sashaying in flowing gowns through precisely decorated rooms‚ and men deliberating over their game of whist. The storybook romance usually unfolds in these familiar settings‚ and inevitably involves the conflict of two lovers separated by differences in social class‚ and the resulting influence
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On Jane Austen’s View of Marriage ——Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen (1775-1817) is often viewed as one of the greatest realistic novelists in English literature in the 19th century. During the forty-two years of her life‚ she completed six novels and left behind three fragments‚ which vividly revealed the class relationship‚ social customs and morals of her time and depicted the life of the rural gentry in conservative and tight conditions. In her works‚ innocent courting and proper marriages
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In Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey‚ marriage plays a pivotal role in teaching individuals what courtship is ultimately about. Specifically‚ marriage is treated as a tool for education in women made evident in the marriages in that of Eleanor and Catherine. Through the engagement of her friend Eleanor‚ Catherine receives further knowledge on society and the role of marriage within it. In Northanger Abbey‚ marriage is not portrayed as a romantic action or as a source of a happy ending. Rather‚ marriage
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“Do you dare to suppose me so great a blockhead‚ as to not know what a man is talking of?” What does Austen reveal through misunderstandings and cluelessness in ‘Emma’ and other works? Jane Austen’s novels are known for their depiction of the lives of young women who are represented as heroines and embark on a journey towards clarity and understanding and growth towards maturity. In the time period of Austen’s writing the expectations for women were for them to find a man with wealth who could offer
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is relationship between the author and the reader. As readers‚ we trust the author to be honest in revealing their stories to us. However‚ often times they are exploring with concepts or conventions that we are not even aware of until the ending. In Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey‚ she has produced a commentary on the gothic novel while using Catherine Morland is the inexperienced young heroine who expects the real world to follow the formula of her favorite novels. Ian McEwan uses Briony who is naïve
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whom they are directed towards‚ often because these perceptions blind people from their own personal faults and foibles. As a result‚ social class predominates their lives‚ influencing their every motive and action. In the novel Pride and Prejudice‚ Austen employs this theme in which various characters that pertain from multiple social classes come into conflict with
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Aside from Harriet and Jane‚ Miss Bates also exemplifies a possible marriage scenario for women who lack Emma’s high social status. Miss Bates never married and is dependent on her mother’s minimal income. With each passing year‚ her poverty increases‚ as does the amount of derision that she must endure from those around her. As marriage was the normal and expected role for middle class women to follow‚ those that did not marry were regarded as social failures and treated with pity and contempt.
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is given two choices‚ either to accept his lowly status or to transcend his role in society. In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ Jane is motivated rather than discouraged by the various forms of oppression inflicted upon her and those around her and uses this motivation to rise to a position of both power and privilege‚ two things that she has lacked since birth. The odds of the world were against Jane before she even took her first breath. She was not just born a female‚ but born to a lower-class
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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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