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    Cassy Penning English 1010 Research Paper 12-17-10 “The person‚ be it gentleman or lady‚ who has not pleasure in a good novel‚ must be intolerably stupid”-Jane Austen. Jane Austen has the power to say this because she is known as one of the best-loved English novelists (World Book). If a person does not find enjoyment from reading one of her books‚ they must not truly have read and understood the novel thoroughly. Austen’s work only recently became popular due to reproductions of her work

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    In a novel overflowing with misconstrued romance‚ “Emma” by Jane Austen succeeds in misleading the readers‚ as well as the actual characters on the matter of who is really in love with whom. Although it is teeming with romantic dialogue‚ the characters have a tendency to misunderstand confessions of love‚ as well as comments made in passing concerning the secret feelings of others. Through forms of narration and dialogue‚ Jane Austen forces the reader to interpret these subtexts and draw conclusions

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    When I first read your letter‚ anger filled inside of me. The words “I had detached Mr. Bingley from your sister” hit me the hardest (Austen 129). I thought‚ how dare you sabotage my sister’s relationship with your friend‚ Mr. Bingley. It was not your place to go ahead and jump to conclusions about Jane’s feelings. She could be head over heels for him and you still would not know about any of it. As I continued walking‚ my anger grew. Then‚ I crumbled the paper up and threw it on the ground while

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    prominently be by marriage. Jane Austen represented this method of acknowledgement within several marriage proposals in Pride and Prejudice. Many of these relations defied societal expectations‚ especially through the protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet. Crucial marriage proposals throughout this novel embodied the work’s uncivilized free and wild thinking. These propositions centralized the values that marriage was a business proposal‚ money and class influence actions and attitudes‚ and love is a force that can

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    could ever ask for. I can talk to them about anything‚ or not say anything at all. We support each other in what the other does. We can be apart for so long but when we see each other again‚ it’s like they never left. I think that friendship is more essential than romantic love. You have the comforts that only a best friend can give you‚ the care and concern from friends‚ and even if you lose or grow apart from a friend‚ it can help you become a better friend.               I found this quote about best

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    prominently be by marriage. Jane Austen represented this method of survival within several marriage proposals in Pride and Prejudice. Many of these relations defied societal expectations‚ especially through the protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet. Crucial marriage proposals throughout this novel embodied the works uncivilized free and wild thinking. These propositions centralized the values that marriage was a business proposal‚ money and class influence actions and attitudes‚ and love is a force that can overcome

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    acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife.” (Austen 3). With the popularity of the Enlightenment‚ female authors came out of the shadows and started displaying their work for all the world to see. Jane Austen‚ being one of them‚ took a stance on upper class society in 19th Century England‚ by mocking the standards of the elites. By using irony and humor to do so‚ Ms. Austen grabs the reader’s attention‚ by having characters that are relatable to readers in

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    Jane Austen and Her Feminism ---analyzing of feminism revealed in Pride and Prejudice Introduction It is universally acknowledged that Jane Austen was a major woman novelist in English; but it is also a truth that almost as universally ignored that Jane Austen was a feminist. By intensively reading her six novels (Sense and Sensibility‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Northanger Abbey‚ Mansfield Park‚ Emma and Persuasion) and studying feminism‚ I have found some significant and fresh things

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    group of people. This community‚ typically in older times‚ lived in the same area and based many relationships on this. Both Persuasion by Jane Austen‚ and The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler illustrate this and just how the individuals in these types of communities interact with one

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    ensure the life of the higher class and preserve or improve their own families status.. Through Jane Austen’s portrayal of the actions of certain characters in the setting of the regency period in Pride and Prejudice‚ she highlights how women of the era accepted restrictions and repercussions that were thrust upon them without fighting back. The set of rules that highlights these restriction resides

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