AP English Literature 10/14/13 Pride and Prejudice: Socialization Social class has a monumental impact on a person’s social behavior; their impressions on other individuals and society as a whole are greatly influenced by their social class/position. These “first impressions” can have disastrous effects to both the person forming the impressions and the person/people to whom they are directed towards‚ often because these perceptions blind people from their own personal faults and foibles.
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One of the main problems that is faced while contrasting Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice” with Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ is that even when it is the same society that we are talking about‚ the time is not the same‚ is almost a hundred years apart from each other‚ with according to societies‚ could mean a huge difference. While Jane Austin makes a clear portrait of women at her time‚ showing them almost as mere ornaments for men "But the wife of Mr. Darcy must have such extraordinary sources
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“Wit‚ Humor and Irony in Pride and Prejudice" Introduction The objective of this paper is to analyze the wit‚ the irony and the humor present in the novel made by Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice‚ written between 1796 and 1797. This novel is basically a love story that deals with the theme of marriage‚ social classes‚ and their differences and prejudices. The heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a 20-year-old girl‚ described as an intelligent and witty person‚ living
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Summer Reading Assignment English Language AP Dialectical Journals Passage/Quotes from Text Page #/¶ Response 1. "The priest was blessed with a long‚ incriminating finger‚ which he used to point out sinners in public‚ and tongue schooled in arousing emotions." Pg 2 /¶2 (C) As I continued reading on how the priest was to spot the sins his fellow community has committed‚ it kind of surprised me. My priest could probably tell the people who sin from the guilt that appears in their face but the
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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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a marriage based on love and family. Most societies have always had the same perspective of an ideal marriage during their time periods. However‚ in Jane Austen’ Pride and Prejudice‚ the author defies the view of the ideal marriage of her society by giving her own perspective on an ideal marriage. In the time period of Pride and Prejudice‚ society viewed ideal marriage as one based on financial stability and social equality. Although Jane Austen’s view of an ideal marriage includes financial and social
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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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