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    "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other‚ or ever so similar beforehand‚ it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life." This is a quote from Charlotte Lucas‚ one of the female characters in the novel‚ and a

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    Because of Mr. Darcy’s constant display of pride‚ when he proposed to Elizabeth‚ it left her astonished beyond expression. In the short passage from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the author establishes a foil relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth through the use of narrative voice and the notion of pride. Austen uses a narrative voice to highlight the state of shock Elizabeth was in when Mr. Darcy proposed to her. Further‚ it also emphasizes on the foil relationship between Mr. Darcy

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    Pride and Prejudice: Summary

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    Pride and Prejudice: Summary Mark Hines Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a complex novel that relates the events surrounding the relations‚ lives‚ and loves of a middle-upper class English family in the late nineteenth century. Because of the detailed descriptions of the events surrounding the life of the main character of the story‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ Pride and Prejudice is a very involving novel whose title is very indicative of the themes contained therein. The first volume opens in the

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    Pride & Prejudice Jane Austin‚ the author of Pride & Prejudice‚ was born December 16‚ 1775. She was one of five children to her parents George and Cassandra Austen. Austin was very close to her only sister Cassandra and the correspondence between the two was abundant‚ although many of the letters were discarded after Austin’s death. Cassandra is also responsible for the only unquestioned drawing that we have of Austin. Austin received her education from two family members in Oxford then in Southampton

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    Pride and Prejudice vs Bride and Prejudice - More than a change of One LetterThe film‚ Pride and Prejudice directed by Joe Wright‚ had more of a natural tone setting and feeling to it. The scenery really draws the audience in by nature and the assumed innocence of the characters. Bride and Prejudice directed by Gurinder Chadha‚ is considered to be a Bollywood style movie. Bride… had a complete makeover of Pride… with an Indian traditional style twist. The main characters in both films were Lizzie

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    This is the first sentence of Pride and Prejudice and stands as one of the most famous first lines in literature. Even as it briskly introduces the arrival of Mr. Bingley at Netherfield—the event that sets the novel in motion—this sentence also offers a miniature sketch of the entire plot‚ which concerns itself with the pursuit of “single men in possession of a good fortune” by various female characters. The preoccupation with socially advantageous marriage in nineteenth-century English society manifests

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    Marriage in Pride and Prejudice Each individual in this world surely have a dream to get married once they grow up‚ especially with the one they love. Even though today’s society accepts unmarried relationship where couples live together and have babies out of wedlock‚ in the end marriage is what they hope for as a symbol of their relationship. Clearly‚ marriage is a must in human’s life. This necessity influences humans to create stories that end with marriage and live happily ever after. Pride and

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    Pride and Prejudice Theme

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    Pride and Prejudice In Deborah Moggach’s‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ an underlying theme was “never be quick to judge”. Many people feel the need to make a good first impression‚ as they may feel like others are judging them. We live in a much hidden society. We care too much of what others think of us. In some cases‚ you could create a false impression of yourself‚ which could make you seem to have an entirely different personality. In the film Pride and Prejudice‚ first impressions are a key theme

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    drills. Wickham serves a contrast to Darcy while Bingley is a foil to him. Elizabeth’s is compared and contrasted with Jane and Caroline Bingley. Austen builds character through piling an infinite succession of minute details about them. In “Pride and Prejudice”‚ the Elizabeth-Darcy relationship is traced through minute details‚ details which look trivial and insignificant in the first instance but whose significance is realized only after reading the novel. Austen is a great realist in art. She

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    and nothing else‚ shows that this change it possible‚ but the media do not allow it. In Pride and Prejudice‚ like in our own time‚ people are afraid to be different. In our world they are stereotyped and made to do things. They are judged for going out with someone not in their social class. If someone does not do something the way it should be done they are mocked. It is the same in Pride and Prejudice. Lydia and Kitty dare to be different and live in the personality they choose to and they

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