Harris Assignment 2.2: Forum Discussion 03/15/2014 Literary Scrapbook Entry on Pride and Prejudice The Literature Connection Mrs. Bennet‚ a foolish woman who talks too much and is obsessed with getting her daughters married; Lydia Bennet‚ the youngest of the Bennet daughter who is devoted to a life of dancing‚ fashions‚ gossips and flirting; and Mr. Williams Collins‚ the silly and conceited baboon who is completely stupefy by Lady Catherine in every aspect of his life that he
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The novel Pride and Prejudice‚ by Jane Austen‚ covers a number of moral and social aspects that not only pertain to nineteenth century Great Britain‚ but to humanity as a whole. Pride and prejudice‚ which are both part of the novel’s title‚ are explored extensively through two of the main characters. The novel’s story is essentially a romantic tale of how two individuals overcome obstacles placed before them by society‚ other people‚ and themselves‚ to end up in a happy marriage. Throughout the book
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w Book review Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. It was written between 1796-1797 and originally titled First Impressions but wasn’t published until 1813. It was most probably turned down because of a female author. It is a story about society and the relationships of family‚ focusing on the Bennet’s‚ specifically the two eldest daughters Elizabeth and Jane. The book is filled with sarcasm‚ humor and romance. The author had a lot to say about
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izabeth Bennet The second daughter in the Bennet family‚ and the most intelligent and quick-witted‚ Elizabeth is the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice and one of the most well-known female characters in English literature. Her admirable qualities are numerous—she is lovely‚ clever‚ and‚ in a novel defined by dialogue‚ she converses as brilliantly as anyone. Her honesty‚ virtue‚ and lively wit enable her to rise above the nonsense and bad behavior that pervade her class-bound and often spiteful society
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falling in love with her. Though a satisfactory outcome is eventually achieved‚ it is set against the social machinations of many other figures; the haughty Lady Catherine de Bourgh‚ the fatuous Mr. Collins; the younger Bennet daughter‚ Lydia; and her lover‚ Wickham‚ with whom she scandalously elopes. It is often pointed out that Austen’s novels emphasize characterization and romanticism‚ but in Pride and Prejudice the emphasis is on the irony‚ values and realism of the characters as they develop throughout
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that they were wrong. Aside from Elizabeth and Darcy‚ other couples contribute to this theme of love as well. Jane Bennet and Bingley’s marriage is also a successful one‚ based on a great chemistry of understanding‚ feelings and taste. But Lydia – Wickham and Charlotte – Collins were bad marriages. Built on the basis of appearances and wealth‚ these couples did not last for very long. Jane Austen succeed in proving that the feeling can not be brought on by appearances‚ and must gradually develop
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Jane Austen was just twenty-one years old when she wrote Pride and Prejudice‚ widely considered her tour de force. Austen was born in England in the 18th century during the romantic time period. The romantics strongly believed in imagination over reason‚ the opposite of the neoclassicists‚ who believe in reason over emotion. Even though she was born in the romantic period‚ Austen was a neoclassicist and Pride and Prejudice was written based on the neoclassicist views. After the publishing of Pride
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Prejudice_ (1813)‚ _Mansfield Park_ (1814)‚ _Emma_ (1815)‚ and _Northanger Abbey_ and _Persuasion_ (published posthumously‚ 1817). The plot in _Pride and Prejudice_ revolves around the Bennets and their five daughters: Jane‚ Elizabeth‚ Mary‚ Catherine and Lydia‚ especially Elizabeth. The story focuses on various romantic adventures of these young girls. Mr. Bennet comes across as a wise and witty gentleman‚ while Mrs. Bennet is solely concerned with marrying the girls. The arrival of the wealthy bachelor
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The value of Marriage in the Eighteenth Century “This is truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife.” (5) However in Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ we see that even a women is in desperate need of a husband. Austen spends a great deal of time explaining the rules of marriage in her time period‚ as it was a major theme in her novel. Jane Austen’s writing helps the reader better understand the historical point of view about
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