Although Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ are two completely different texts‚ as one is a play- only able to use dialogue to portray feelings of love-and the other is a novel- where descriptions of characters moods and feelings can be used- they both demonstrate a variety of techniques to portray strong feelings of love. Right from the beginning Shakespeare introduces the ideas of strong love using a prologue-this prologue is a sonnet in iambic pentameter. From
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Austen’s characters challenge the beliefs and expectations about class and gender in her culture thoroughly Austen uses the actions and words of Elizabeth Bennet to show her opposition of the beliefs and expectations of her time period. After hearing that Jane got sick at Bingley’s property "Elizabeth continued her walk alone‚ crossing field after field at a quick pace... with weary [ankles]‚ dirty stockings‚ and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise" (33). Women of the time period were supposed
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Chrysalids Religion can persuade many people to do many unintelligent things such as dehumanizing people who fail to meet the dictates of the religion‚ and has the power of persuading people into doing nothing about the situation because it be known as unacceptable to "God". Ignorance‚ Culture of fear and discrimination are three themes that demonstrate that ignorant adherence to man-made tenets‚ attributed to religion can dehumanize those who fail to meet those so-called dictates of the religion
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Compare and contrast how Shakespeare and Austen present the power of love in Othello and Pride and Prejudice. In order for love to be true it must come from both sides equally. Its power will not be strong enough to overcome all obstacles if its foundation is not pure. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Austen paints a portrait of the power of love as merely unbreakable whereas Shakespeare arguably portrays it as weak and vulnerable. Both Shakespeare and Austen use dialogue as a tool for the construction
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Pride and Prejudice Questions 1. Identify the speaker: “The more I see of the world‚ the more I am dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconstancy of all human characters‚ and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.” What does this person mean? The speaker of this quote is Elizabeth. When she says this quote she means that the way people act toward each other has cause her to be somewhat upset. She feels that the
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“Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts‚ sarcastic humour‚ reserve‚ and caprice‚ that the experience of three and twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.” (Austen 5)! ! In this passage from Pride and Prejudice‚ the author is using a literary element of loose sentence. The characteristics of a loose sentence include stating the main idea of the statement at the beginning and than listing details that support the topic afterwards. This quote tells
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Pride and Prejudice’s Negative Character Traits In Jane Austen’s unique 19th century love story‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Austen shows negative aspects in a good amount of her characters to make heavy conflict arise throughout the novel. “Austen explains that someone’s actions explain how their morals are” (Bloom 1). Some characters put up facades and try to hide their feelings from others within the story‚ while other characters wear their hearts on their sleeves and always show what they feel inside
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Essay on Cognitive Analysis in Pride & Prejudice Analysis of Pride and Prejudice Volume 1‚ Chapter 6 In the beginning of chapter 6‚ the ladies of Longbourn and Netherfield continue to exchange visits. Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley‚ Mr. Bingley’s sister prefer spending time with Jane and Elizabeth. Jane quickly becomes flattered‚ but Elizabeth is a bit more hesitant to be swayed by their pleasantries. She believes the girls are just being rude and stuck-up. The particular scene I am discussing
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Pride and Prejudice reflect the strictly regimented nature of life for the middle and upper classes in Regency England. Jane Austen satirizes this kind of class-consciousness‚ particularly in the character of Mr. Collins‚ who though Mr. Collins offers an extreme example‚ he is not the one to hold such view. His conception of the importance class is shared‚ among other by Mr. Darcy who believes in the dignity of his lineage. The social interactions at the ball provide the reader with a picture
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At the beginning of the story Jasper is twenty-six years old and we find him in an opium den where he indulges in the pleasures of this oriental opiate provided by an opium woman. As a result his imagination is enhanced; he has hallucinations about a procession led by a sultan followed by his attendants‚ dancing girls‚ white caparisoned elephants‚ cymbals are clashing and scimitars are flashing in the sun. Somehow an ancient English Cathedral Tower is in his hallucination too‚ and it represents the
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