two heroines 2.1 Different personality “Elinor‚the eldest daughter‚had an excellent heart---her disposition was affectionate‚and her feeling were strong ;but she knew how to govern them:it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn.”(Jane Austen 5) As the eldest daughter‚Elinor was more cautious than the other two sisters and even than her mother to deal with matters happen at home. She was good at dealing with housework and relationships with other people. After her father died‚she was
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Does Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice follow the conventions of a romantic novel? A conventionally romantic novel usually focuses on the relationship between a physically attractive man and woman. The hero and heroine usually meet early in the story and fall in love at first sight. The two lovers may‚ more often than not‚ have to overcome obstacles in order to be together‚ but in the end‚ it seems that love conquers all. Pride and Prejudice does fall into this ’romance’ category; it’s often considered
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and Prejudice repeatedly portrays the pride and vanity that is a common human problem within literature. "A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves‚ vanity to what we would have others think of us‚" (Austen page?). The text helps to prove that if pride is put aside‚ happiness can be achieved. When Darcy puts his pride aside and confesses his love for Elizabeth‚ it sets forth a series of events that in the end bring them together. Morality is an obvious
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2013 Admiral Croft who was among the nouveau rich‚ had the financial means to rent Kellnych from Sir Walter‚ one of the so-called landed gentry. How does Jane Austen’s treatment of class and social mobility reveal about these men and their women such as Anne Elliot and Mrs. Smith? Which group fares better and why? Class in Persuasion Jane Austen’s Persuasion challenges the notion that one’s social class determines one’s happiness. In the novel there is the upper class‚ which includes Sir Walter
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Oppositions are a feature of Gothic texts. How does Austen use this in the first five chapters of ‘Northanger Abbey’. In Jane Austen’s novel‚ ‘Northanger Abbey’ [NA]‚ oppositions feature strongly as a method which the author uses often to parody the public’s expectation of what a gothic should consist of‚ and as a method of highlighting the ridiculous expectations novels can create for people in the real world. Frequently throughout the novel‚ Miss Austen even breaks the fourth wall of writing to
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The passages taken from Jane Austen’s and Charles Dickens’ novels show differences in marriage proposals. The type of rhetoric used by each man causes different effects . In the first excerpt taken from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the man reasons that he must set an example for all others in his parish by taking a wife. Not only will he have made use of the advice given him by his patroness‚ Lady Catherine de Bourgh‚ but this wife shall give him happiness. "First‚ that I think it a right
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Jane Austen’s portrayal of women differs from the Bronte sisters’ portrayal of women. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen portrayed Elizabeth Bennet as a strong-willed character who was not easily swayed by material wealth or social status. This differs from other characters such as Charlotte Lucas. In the case of Charlotte‚ she was more concerned over monetary aspects than love. Charlotte does not view love as the most vital component of marriage‚ and instead is more interested in having a comfortable
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The themes of class and class consciousness‚ as seen in Pride and Prejudice‚ strictly regulate the daily lives of middle and upper class men and women at this period in England. In her novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen portrays class-consciousness mainly through the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth as it was from when they first met until the time when Elizabeth visits Pemberley . Austin also shows class-consciousness through many of the other characters in the novel‚ such as Mr. Collins
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Clarke‚ Micael M. "Bronte’s Jane Eyre and the Grimms’ Cinderella." SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900. 40.4 (2000): 695-710. Clarke explores the similarities and importance of Brontë’s use of the Grimms’ version of Cinderella within the story of Jane Eyre. She outlines how the two stories are parallel and then skillfully explores the symbolism that is present in both. Through her analysis of the ways the two stories are similar‚ Clarke concludes that the combination of
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Becoming Jane is a wonderful film that looks at the real life of the well-known writer of British literature history --Jane Austen through the prism of her novels. The film is just like a semi-fictional biography of the esteemed author. Unquestionably‚ the heroine Jane is my favorite character in this film. The story happened in 1796‚ when 20-year old Jane Austen met the roguish Tom Lefroy- a poor student of law who is dependent upon his rich uncle for his allowance. Then‚ they fall madly in
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