Purpose Austen is a gifted satirist‚ who uses ridicule‚ mockery and ironic humour to condemn social vices (character flaws). Snobbery‚ selfishness and slander are subtly rebuked‚ and virtue‚ morality and sincerity condoned instead. The novel‚ however‚ does not become a moral tract for comedy is used to demonstrate that personal attributes such as curtesy‚ generosity of spirit and integrity are recognised as the true signs of gentility. Unattractive (personality‚ etc - not physically) individuals
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In the novel by Charlotte Bronte‚ "Jane Eyre"‚ there is a constant battle of love versus autonomy in Jane‚ the main character. At points Jane feels as if she would give anything to be loved. Yet over the course of the book Jane needs to learn how to gain affection of others without sacrificing something in return. In the early stages of Jane’s life she was a very autonomous girl. She grew up in a hostile environment in the home of Mrs. Reed and her three children‚ John‚ Eliza‚ and Georgiana that
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reading about Jane I have learned she associates fear with love due to events earlier in her life. No matter how hard Jane tried to impress her father she was never good enough. As Jane grows older her father no longer hits her but instead uses money as his form of abuse. As you read you learn that she later marries a man who displays the same behaviors as her father. Jane forgives him because she associates this behavior as love. Unless Jane recalls what her aunt tried to associate love with she will
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Love and Friendship by Emily Bronte Love is like the wild rose-briar‚ Friendship like the holly-tree The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly? The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring‚ Its summer blossoms scent the air; Yet wait till winter comes again And who will call the wild-briar fair? Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now And deck thee with the holly’s sheen‚ That when December blights thy brow He may still leave thy garland green. INTRODUCTION
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a very accomplished book because of Austen’s clever and successful use of literary techniques. Literary techniques refer to the deliberate construction of language to further the story whether that be to develop character‚ plot‚ suspense or to create an enjoyable humorous novel. Jane Austen applies many literary techniques such as point of view‚ dialogue‚ letters and irony to tell the story of Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is told in third person
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How does Austen tell the Story in Chapter 7? In chapter 7‚ Lydia and Catherine are first properly introduced as characters that reflect negatively towards the Bennet family‚ and Mr Bennet in particular: “Their minds more vacant than their sisters”. Austen writes that the sisters attempt to flirt with the soldiers of the recently arrived militia -something that the Mr Bennet is strongly against‚ and claims they are the “silliest girls in the country” for doing so. This negative portrayal of
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everything‚ and go to your friend for anything. Friendship is about getting each other out of sticky situations and sticking by your friend’s side no matter what or who comes between. Every friend gets into fight. A fake friend would just ignore you. A real friend would strive to try to fix the fight. Everyone has problems‚ a fake friend would say ask someone else‚ but a real friend would stay up with you all night to solve the problem. * Friendship plays an important role in an ordinary person’s
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people in a bond of love‚ mutual trust‚ understanding and loyalty. Friendship is a relationship which involves mutual self respect‚ trust‚ loyalty and affection. Good friends enjoy each others company‚ share the same interests and are loyal to each other. A friend is some one‚ who stands by our‚ even during difficult times. It requires honesty and mutual understanding md has to be nurtured with devotion and patience. Just as it takes patience grow a garden‚ in friendship‚ too‚ first a seed
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Schreiner Paper 2 The Means Behind Friendship “Friendship is a virtue or at least involves virtue. It is necessary to life‚ since no one would choose to live without friends even if he had all other material goods. Friends are a refuge in times of poverty and misfortune; they help to guard the young from error; they help the old in their weakness‚ and help those in the prime of life to perform noble actions.” –Aristotle According to dictionary.com‚ the word friendship is defined as a person known well
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The reading of other texts contributes to creating meaning for other texts. An example of this is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ this novel is more easily understood when it is compared and contrasted to other literature works‚ such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The aspects of the two novels that can be compared and contrasted are the plot development‚ characterisation‚ setting‚ narrative point of view‚ writer’s context and themes and issues. The plot of Pride and Prejudice
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