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    I thought one of the main issues‚ peer pressure‚ was dealt with well‚ even if Jane Austen did not write it for that purpose. Even though this was not the intention of Jane Austen‚ the fact that Elizabeth married Darcy‚ not because of his money and his relations‚ but for love and nothing else‚ shows that this change it possible‚ but the media do not allow it. In Pride and Prejudice‚ like in our own time‚ people are afraid to be different. In our world they are stereotyped and made to do things

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    freedom real women of the nine-teeth century possessed by challenging society’s standards. Jane Austen herself was a real woman of the nine-teeth century who had to face the restrictions her gender bestowed upon her. Being an author gave Austen the power to voice her personal opinion through her works‚ such as Pride and Prejudice. According to an article by F.B. Pinion‚ entitled A Jane Austen Companion‚ Jane had four brothers ‚but resided with her mother and sister. With the three women living at

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    Pride and Prejudice Book Review Pride and Prejudice‚ a classic novel by Jane Austen‚ tells the story of a complicated love that develops between what was thought to be two very different personalities. The protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ misjudges a man upon rumor and appearance‚ but finds out she is extraordinarily wrong. The novel explains how difficult it is to fully understand someone after settling upon assumptions and being under the influence of the authorities around them. However this

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    Emma‚ Clueless‚ and the Taking of Likeness Clueless‚ an adaptation of Jane Austen ’s 1815 novel‚ Emma‚ is a 1995 American film by director‚ Amy Heckerling. The comedy serves as a 20th century update of the original text that shifts into creating a contemporary Emma‚ one for our own era. Though Clueless seems to set forth on building its reputation on a completely new‚ distinct ground‚ it is not an entirely different work of art. Considerable amounts of uniformities between the adaptation and Emma

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    World Lit Per. 1 24 October 2012 Independent Novel Essay Society places many pressures upon people with regards to specific gender roles. There are stereotypical male and female character roles that pervade literature in all cultures. In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility sisters Elinor and Marianne represent “sense” and “sensibility‚” respectively. Although two very different characters‚ they face many similar obstacles when it comes to finding a potential husband so they can secure their

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    Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen 1) In Pride and Prejudice‚ a wealthy and powerful Mr. Darcy falls in love with a poor girl of a peculiar family with no background named Elizabeth‚ and although she rejects him at first with cold civility‚ throughout the book‚ both their character changes as they learn more about each other‚ and amidst many transitions‚ finally reach conjugal felicity in the end. 2) One of the themes in Pride and Prejudice is what a hasty first

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    Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen conveys traits significant to a successful marriage. She presents a happily-ever-after type of relationship‚ making the reader fall in hopes of having a successful partnership; then compares it to a selfish‚ greedy‚ compassionless‚ civilized union. Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Gardiner present a successful marriage with their communication‚ cooperation‚ and sympathy for others. The Gardiners represent the best marriage in the entire novel by Austen. "The Gardiners [were]

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    literature pieces of time. Today’s discussion will lead us back to the early 19th century‚ a time where women weren ’t treated as they are today. One of the most influential novels of that time was none other than Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen. Also‚ I am going to discuss one of her other novels Emma. During the 19th Century women were treated similar to slaves‚ being controlled by men their entire lives. They were controlled originally by their father‚ then by their husband if they

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    Jane Austen ’s Emma and the Romantic Imagination "To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour." —William Blake‚ ‘Auguries of Innocence ’ Imagination‚ to the people of the eighteenth century of whom William Blake and Jane Austen are but two‚ involves the twisting of the relationship between fantasy and reality to arrive at a fantastical point at which a world can be extrapolated from a single grain of sand‚ and all

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    himself grew up in a middle-class family. Korrekt sætning: George Orwell’s father was civil servant in India‚ and Orwell himself grew up in a middle-class family. Fejltype: Forklaring: Fejlsætning: Jane Austen had a sister‚ Cassandra‚ with who she had a close relationship. Korrekt sætning: Jane Austen had a sister‚ Cassandra‚ with whom she had a close relationship. Fejltype: Relativpronomen Forklaring: Fejlsætning: Though the students listened attentively‚ none of them could understood much of

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