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    Pride” and “Prejudice” Throughout her writing‚ Jane Austen portrays the social pressures and limitations that women were faced with in the early 1800’s. Austen can fit in with some of the struggles and characteristics of the characters in Pride and Prejudice. She sees herself in Elizabeth and that is the reason that Elizabeth is Austen’s favorite character. There are many different traits that are displayed in the novel. The traits “pride” and “prejudice” are the most portrayed throughout the

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    Pride and Prejudice Memory: The first main event is the ball at Meryton‚ where Jane Bennet meets Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth Bennet sees Mr. Darcy. Jane Bennet dances with Mr. Bingley twice and Elizabeth’s first impression of Mr. Darcy is that he is very proud. Almost a month later‚ Mr. Collins‚ who is a cousin to Mr. Bennet‚ visits the Bennet’s household and proposes to Elizabeth. Elizabeth declines his offer‚ though. Jane soon receives a letter from Miss. Bingley stating that their family

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    ideal marriage. | | Pride and prejudice are additional central concerns of Jane Austen in this novel. Early in the book‚ she defines pride‚ via Mary Bennet‚ as the opinion one has of himself and distinguishes it from vanity which is "what we would have others to think of us". Although several of Austen’s characters‚ including Elizabeth‚ display some measure of destructive pride‚ it is Darcy who is the fully embodiment of a totally proud and arrogant man. Although pride is a natural adjunct to

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    Pride and Prejudice is a story about how other cultural institutions (like marriage) can transcend economics. It’s a novel that illustrates the power of love and how it can rise above class distinctions and social norms. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (9). This first sentence of Pride and Prejudice introduces the idea that economics and social status affects cultural institutions such as marriage. The boundaries

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    Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Text type: Fiction‚ Period Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice first published in 1813 follows the story of 20 year old Elizabeth Bennet as she struggles with the pressures of education‚ upbringing and marriage put upon her by society at the turn of the 19th century. The story starts when a wealthy young bachelor Mr Bingley arrives in the fictional town of Netherfield ‚ He is soon accepted by the Bennet family and catches the eye of Elizabeth’s

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    Pride and Prejudice is known to hold one of the most perfect love stories in English literature. The struggle for love between Darcy and Elizabeth‚ as in any good love story is one where the two must get away from and overcome a number of situations before they can‚ beginning with the tensions caused by their own personal qualities. Joe Wright (the producer of the film) makes us see the hardship their love endures throughout the movie with camera angles changing and music setting the type of mood

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    Book report Camille Beurret Book: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Publisher (+place): Harper Collins Publishers‚ London First edition: 1813 Summary Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five unmarried daughters. The family isn’t very rich‚ so the main concern of Mrs. Bennet’s life is to see that all her daughters are married‚ preferably to men with a lot of money. When Mr. Bingley‚ a handsome‚ rich‚ young bachelor arrives to stay briefly in Hartfordshire

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    Pride and Prejudice The first line of Pride and Prejudice reveals that a man who has money desires a wife. In the novel‚ Jane Austen criticizes British society and social expectations of the 19th century. Austen does this by her use of satire in her portrayal of her characters and in multiple situations. Her use of satire is to challenge the way things were in that time. Specific characters are the opposite of what they should be. However‚ some are just as they should be‚ and Austen pokes fun at

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    Jane Austen‚ Pride & Prejudice Personal opinion: I think the narrative style of the book is very old-fashioned‚ but it is because of that I get the feeling of being in that particular time with the characters. The story is not very exciting to my opinion; because as soon as the most important characters meet each other at the first ball‚ it is very obvious they will be together at the end of the story. Several people told me the book was very boring and longwinded but I disagree. Although the

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    Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice 18th Century Domestic Novel Jane Austen - was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction‚ set among the landed gentry‚ earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. She experimented with various literary forms‚ including the epistolary novel which she abandoned‚ and wroted 3 major novels and began a 4. From 1811 until

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