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    Street‚ Kensington‚ 5065 September 10‚ 2013 Chawton Cottage Alton Hampshire GU34-1SD Dear Ms Austen I have recently studied two interpretations of your work Pride and Prejudice‚ Mr Darcy was my particular favourite because of his interesting combination in personality traits; arrogant however pleasantly thoughtful. Tall and handsome‚ Mr Darcy had pride in high places and was blind to call his future lover‚ Elizabeth barely tolerable and handsome enough. I was most certainly enchanted by Mr Darcy as he

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    important to consider performing another part of the story for our audience. Overall‚ we are all pretty excited to perform our three scenes from the story to our audience and see what they get from our experience in reading this excellent book‚ Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen. We hope everything goes smoothly and the audience loves our

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    and unpleasant fellow‚ full of pride and ill will who eventually comes to love Elizabeth and change his mannerisms for her. He shows his love for her by helping her sister in the marriage to Wickham and by being cordial and polite after her refusal of marriage. He eventually succeeds in winning her love in return. Elizabeth Bennet - The protagonist of the novel and the second Bennet daughter‚ Elizabeth is considered witty and sarcastic with her own streak of pride. She is a little plain compared

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    however not all seek fix them. Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen revolves around a cast of characters that either gain self knowledge or none at all. The search for self is a main concern in this novel as it determines the level of happiness the characters will attain. An example of this is Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy who through struggle possess self knowledge allowing them to understand their down falls. Elizabeth and Darcy reach a point of self knowledge and are able to decipher

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    When prejudice occurs‚ stereotyping and discrimination may also result. In many cases‚ prejudices are based upon stereotypes. A stereotype is a simplified assumption about a group based on prior assumptions. Stereotypes can be both positive ("women are warm and nurturing") or negative ("teenagers are lazy"). Stereotypes can lead to faulty beliefs‚ but they can also result in both prejudice and discrimination. According to psychologist Gordon Allport‚ prejudice and stereo types emerge in part

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    INTRODUCTION “The Judgment” is perceived as one of Kafka’s more important and autobiographical works. Written in 1912‚ this short story was initially published in Max Brod’s magazine‚ Arkadia‚ the following year. Many critics view the story as a depiction of the tension between the isolation and alienation of the modern artist and the demands of family and societal expectations. Plot and Major Characters “The Judgment” opens with the protagonist of the story‚ Georg Bendemann‚ sitting at an open

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    beliefs and values. The protagonist‚ in a final spat with Lady Catherine de Bourgh‚ asserts her position on marrying Mr. Darcy‚ free from societal restrictions: “I am only resolved to act in that manner‚ which will‚ in my own opinion‚ constitute my happiness‚ without reference to you‚ or to any person so wholly unconnected to me” (Austen 260). As such‚ Miss Bennet articulates her own role and place in society‚ although still only as a housewife but a housewife that marries for love and her own values

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    wit and intelligence. Antagonist: Darcy’s antagonist is the various ‘obstacles’ he has to overcome in order to win the love of Elizabeth‚ including: * Her vulgar and indiscreet mother * Wickham’s false account of him * Elizabeth’s own prejudice against him Climax: A high point in the rising

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    Plot Construction in Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen is at a considerable skill in constructing her plots. The plot of the novel ‘pride and prejudice’ turns on the development of love between Darcy and Elizabeth and its final culmination in marriage Jane Austen has shown remarkable dramatic scene in exhibiting the different stages of growth of pride and prejudice of the hero and the heroine and their final self knowledge which cure their feelings.  The arrival of the wealthy Mr. Bingley to the estate

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    THE NOVEL IS CRITICAL OF THE SUPERFICIALITIES AND INJUSTICES OF AUSTENS SOCIETY‚ BUT NOT OF THE WAY THAT SOCIETY IS FUNDAMENTALLY ORGANISED. It is not the fundamental structure of the Regency Period that Jane Austen criticizes in “Pride and Prejudice” but rather its transgression into a shallow society‚ defined largely by marriage and status. Contextually women derived their all-important wealth (as women had no right to inheritance)  and status from the frivolity of marriage‚ but this more often

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