women could be respected and influential‚ only if they were of high birth and had a great deal of money. Women of the low gentry‚ who were unlucky enough to have small dowries (or no dowries at all)‚ were relegated to borderline poverty and being recipients of charity. The heroine‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ is the second of five daughters. Her father is a member of the low gentry; he inherited an entailment of money‚ house‚ and land‚ but he is not wealthy. Mr. Bennet receives a limited income from a farm that
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obsession of women to marry well for social standing and economic security. She is primarily known for her six major novels which were published anonymously due to the fact that women could not be authors in the 18th century. Her second novel‚ Pride and Prejudice was the first novel to be produced into a movie in 1940’s. Jane Austen’s uses of irony‚ realism and social commentary in all her novels attracted a wide audience of readers. Though every young woman knows that in the 18th-century you must
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Does Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice follow the conventions of a romantic novel? A conventionally romantic novel usually focuses on the relationship between a physically attractive man and woman. The hero and heroine usually meet early in the story and fall in love at first sight. The two lovers may‚ more often than not‚ have to overcome obstacles in order to be together‚ but in the end‚ it seems that love conquers all. Pride and Prejudice does fall into this ’romance’ category; it’s often considered
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Shana Kritzer Reflection Paper Dale 12 February 2013 Prejudice It’s been a few weeks since the semester began. I have had many days to ponder my own prejudices. Everyone is supposed to have them‚ but this is the hardest paper I have ever had to write. I had no idea where to begin looking‚ or how to begin searching deep into myself to find the answers. Born in 1979‚ I was a child on the end of a new world. My parents were hippies. They may have grown up‚ but they never lost those traits
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About Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice‚ published in 1813‚ is Jane’s Austen’s earliest work‚ and in some senses also one of her most mature works. Austen began writing the novel in 1796 at the age of twenty-one‚ under the title First Impressions. The original version of the novel was probably in the form of an exchange of letters. Austen’s father had offered he manuscript for publication in 1797‚ but the publishing company refused to even consider it. Shortly after completing First
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In Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Lady Catherine and Elizabeth Bennet are absolute opposites. Jane Austen portrays Elizabeth Bennet as an intelligent‚ independent‚ yet strong character‚ in a soft and feminine manner. The cruel and dominating personality traits are left for characters such as Lady Catherine. In Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Lady Catherine and Elizabeth Bennet are absolute opposites. Elizabeth is a realistic and masterful character‚ which makes all her qualities
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Elizabeth is one of the main characters of “Pride and prejudice”. She can be compared with her sister Jane with whom she has lots of things in common and contrast with her mother Mrs. Bennet. Firstly‚ Mrs. Bennet is very immature and she shows us this when she says to Mr. Bennet: “you have no compassion on my poor nerves…”. This shows immature because she is being very selfish and it is thought that a characteristic of maturing is to stop being selfish. On the other hand‚ there is no aspect of
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American Culture: Money! Money! Money! Fast food is probably the most popular form of diet here in America. Because most of the people are busy trying to make money‚ they do not have enough time to spare to prepare a nutritious home-cooked meal. Since life these days is fast-paced‚ people settle for fast food chains located near their work place and house; fast food for breakfast‚ lunch‚ and dinner most days of the week. While reading Eric Schlosser’s best-selling book‚ the Fast Food Nation‚ it
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their capacity for change.” Pride and Prejudice presents themes of marriage‚ love and status in society. In the 19th century‚ people had a tendency to marry because of financial benefits. Austen uses sarcastic wit both as a narrator‚ Elizabeth‚ her protagonist’s voice and the centre of consciousness to attack the ideas of marriage and love that her society held in her time. She saw that for marriages and relationships to be happy‚ society must overcome pride and prejudice and marry for true love.
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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 is about a lower upper class woman in the 18th century
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